Oatso Expensive, Oatsuch a Con
Porridge eh? What a good thing it is on a cold winter's morning or even a slightly chilly September morning. I had some this morning and here is how I made it:
I took half a mug of porridge oats (the cheap ones are just as good as the expensive ones)
I put them in a bowl
I added half a mug of milk mixed with half a mug of water, then an extra gloop of water.
(This is the only really tricky bit in this recipe, but you can't go too far wrong with it, I promise)
I put it in the 800w microwave for two and a half minutes
I ate it. It was delicious. It would have been even more delicious had I bothered to cook it in a pan: but I couldn't be bothered and I wanted it fast and it was fine.
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine gave me some sachets of a product called Oatso Simple, made by Quaker (who I always thought sounded vaguely worthy and, well, Quakerish. Hah!)
It comes in little paper sachets and here are the instructions:
1. Empty the contents of one sachet into a large microwaveable cereal bowl and stir in 180mil of semi-skimmed milk (approx 1 cup)
2. Microwave on high as follows:
800w oven: two and a half minutes
Can you spot the difference between the two sets of instructions? Between my instructions for making Porridge and their instructions for making Oatso Simple?
Yes! You're right! There's no difference at all, except that their teeny tiny sachet only contains enough to provide breakfast for someone who's already had breakfast. You could not go out shooting haggis or whatever on the contents of their teeny tiny sachet: you would faint from hunger before the first haggis had been flushed from its lair.
What's in the teeny tiny sachet? I determined upon an exhaustive scientific enquiry. I tipped out the contents and looked at them.
And the answer is:
PORRIDGE OATS. That's all.
So, to sum up, Oatso Simple is porridge for people who can't measure half a container of porridge oats and then double that of liquid (plus that tricky extra gloop, if you like it runny, which I do).
Now then. Which do you think costs more?
Porridge Oats
Oatso Simple
I think you already know the answer.
I took half a mug of porridge oats (the cheap ones are just as good as the expensive ones)
I put them in a bowl
I added half a mug of milk mixed with half a mug of water, then an extra gloop of water.
(This is the only really tricky bit in this recipe, but you can't go too far wrong with it, I promise)
I put it in the 800w microwave for two and a half minutes
I ate it. It was delicious. It would have been even more delicious had I bothered to cook it in a pan: but I couldn't be bothered and I wanted it fast and it was fine.
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine gave me some sachets of a product called Oatso Simple, made by Quaker (who I always thought sounded vaguely worthy and, well, Quakerish. Hah!)
It comes in little paper sachets and here are the instructions:
1. Empty the contents of one sachet into a large microwaveable cereal bowl and stir in 180mil of semi-skimmed milk (approx 1 cup)
2. Microwave on high as follows:
800w oven: two and a half minutes
Can you spot the difference between the two sets of instructions? Between my instructions for making Porridge and their instructions for making Oatso Simple?
Yes! You're right! There's no difference at all, except that their teeny tiny sachet only contains enough to provide breakfast for someone who's already had breakfast. You could not go out shooting haggis or whatever on the contents of their teeny tiny sachet: you would faint from hunger before the first haggis had been flushed from its lair.
What's in the teeny tiny sachet? I determined upon an exhaustive scientific enquiry. I tipped out the contents and looked at them.
And the answer is:
PORRIDGE OATS. That's all.
So, to sum up, Oatso Simple is porridge for people who can't measure half a container of porridge oats and then double that of liquid (plus that tricky extra gloop, if you like it runny, which I do).
Now then. Which do you think costs more?
Porridge Oats
Oatso Simple
I think you already know the answer.
posted by Daphne at 4:13 pm
2 Comments:
I have never in my life made satisfactory porridge in a microwave. Ever.
from a Quaker Oats packet circa 1974:
THE ONE-MINUTE WAY
Sprinkle 1 level cupful of Quick Quaker Oats into 2.5 cupfuls of boiling water, boil for one minute. Remove from heat and leave to stand for five minutes.
THE TRADITIONAL WAY
Stir 1 level cupful of Quick Quaker Oats into 2.5 cupfuls of cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for five minutes.
Well if you haven't already worked it out, by the time you've boiled the water for the ONE-MINUTE WAY cooked it for a minute and left it to stand for five it will take say 10 minutes. The TRADITIONAL WAY allowing for the cold water to come to the boil as above and simmer for five minutes will take 9 minutes ha ha ha
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