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Cream Of Wheat or Oatmeal?
Posted by faithsju243 • 12/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: breakfast, hot cereal
Here it goes again folks the age old question what morning hot cereal do you love the most and why?
Cream of Wheat Vs Oatmeal
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FAITH! Get outta my head girl!! I was JUST having this discussion with my boss the other day. I say Cream of Wheat, because...well it's creamy. Oatmeal turns into paste if you take your eyes off of it for a second.
I like the Maple Brown Sugar flavor...mmmmmm!!-
We are like sistas in crime I guess. I am cream of wheat all the way for similar reasons althougth if I go oats I like the maple brown sugar. For the cream of wheat I like it ole school just sugar no added flavor. I whipped some up this cold morning and it was fantabulous.
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Oatmeal with a dash of salt and some raisins... just like grandma used to make!-
Sounds interesting...how is the combo of salt and raisins?
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Neither, a cup of coffee is breakfast enough for me.
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@XIII you're missing out my friend there's nothing better than warm cream of wheat on a cold winter morning. A dash of sugar and a splash of milk oh sooo creamy. I might have some for lunch as well.
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Neither. I detest cereal, especially hot cereal.
An English muffin and a glass of juice does me just fine.-
Ahhh...the nooks and crannies are good but I can't do it on cold mornings like this.
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oatmeal is better if i have to make a choice, but I prefer coffee and cigarettes for breakfast. Lunch and dinner too.-
Totally nothing like some ash and coffee grinds to start the day, it does a body right!
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oatmeal just because -
Depends on my mood. I do love cream of wheat, but oatmeal with cinnamon, cardamom, raisins, milk and a dash of maple syrup is pretty awesome. Grits with pepper may be my favorite though.-
@Annz..I
grits with butter and pepper.
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Wow. Gotta love your big heart! -
I'm totally with you Faith! I always ate grits in the morning, and it's technically a grain, so in my book, that counts as hot cereal.
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I use oatmeal, but seldom boiled or steamed. Nothing better than raw oatmeal on a spring day. -
I love oatmeal, in all its many variations, but Cream of Wheat just has that extra little something that tastes better without the flavors. I like it plain with a dash of salt. Mmm. Maybe I'll have some for lunch. Or make some Cream of Wheat cookies... -
I've never liked cream of wheat. so, if have only the choice between the two then I choose oatmeal. If the choices were broader I would choose homemade muesli or sunnyboy cereal
www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.3805921/k.6646/Makeyourown_mues...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_boy_cereal -
I haven't been able to get into cream of wheat. It may be the texture. I do like oatmeal, if I'm having hot cereal.-
Yeah I can see how the texture of cream of wheat can be a little skeevie. I feel the same way about jelly, bostom creme and pretty much any other cream like substance except yogurt.
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My family *loves* Cream of Wheat with just a little maple syrup stirred in.
Oatmeal with raisins, butter, and a smidge of honey is also fantastic. (But absolutely second place.) My mum has hers with brown sugar and pecans stirred in. That's another yummy one.
I hear you about starting cold days off with something warm to eat. It just makes you feel cozy. -
My husband's favourite dessert is a thing called soji (pronounced "SOH-gee") and it is made with cream of wheat. You can find a pretty authentic recipe here: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Soji
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I've heard of soji, but never tried it
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I have never heard of cream of wheat, I have porridge in winter which I would guess is the same stuff as oatmeal.-
OMG you mean to tell me you've never met this man before.
You're missing out my friend, truly missing out. -
I just Googled it and that stuff looks like wall paper paste that has dried out a bit.
What does it taste of? -
LOL, true it isn't visually appealing but once you get past the creamy white pasty substance it's quite tasty actually. Some people like it sweet (that would be me) and others like it tart. It all depends on your tastebuds really.
To be honest I've never tasted it w/o sugar & butter so it's like a buttery sugary warm heaven. I don't know how to explain it I'm sure I'm really ruining it. -
Ack! Don't believe them, Anin...it tastes like wallpaper paste, too! You have to add milk and sugar and butter and salt to give it any taste at all, and then it is granular in your mouth. Nasty stuff!! ICK!
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I'm not sure about that at all but then I'm not a fan of American breakfasts in general. When I was in the states I was amazed to see people having sweet syrup on bacon and those grits things are the worst thing I have ever tasted.
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Anin...I'm American and I can't stand sweet syrup on bacon or sausage and I, too, detest grits (a feature of Southern breakfasts...the rest of the country doesn't have them). My idea of a traditional American breakfast is eggs, bacon or sausage, fried potatoes, juice, and the sweet is toast and jam on the side.
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That's basically what we have in England we call it the full English you would have bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms, baked beans, black pudding,tomatoes and a slice of fried bread.
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@sweetviolet, funny I've never seen wallpaper paste as one of the options for breakfast at the 24hr diner. LOL
Oh and side note you can get grits up north I don't live below the mason dixon and I see it on tons of menus for
breakfast.
@anin, I am googling black pudding I will be back, it sounds interesting. -
A black pudding is a traditional blood sausage that is cut into slices and fried it is very popular in the north of England.
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Oatmeal all the way!!!!!!!!
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Neither. I'm from the south - GRITS!!! -
oatmeal with sugar or maple syrup and milk or 1/2 & 1/2 on the soupy side, not congealed...ugh -
I like them both, but if I must choose only 1, then I guess it will have to beeeeeeee......damn! this is a hard question to answer...brb. let me go make both of them and see which one I like better.....*clock ticking*...tick tock, tick tock, tick tock....ok, I"m back, and the winner is..........Oatmeal! cuz it's the healthy heart choice...lol
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Oatmeal has more flavor and texture than cream of wheat which is just bland. -
Oatmeal...
with skittles.
and pineapple.
and bacon bits.
yum? -
I love oatmeal, with a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt on top. Delish!-
Now you're talkin! That sounds great!
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Wow, that sounds amazing. I will have to give it a try.
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Oatmeal. However I have an exceptional recipe for home made Honey Oatmeal Bread, and when it comes out of the oven, honey-butter spread over a freshly cut loaf is out of this world.
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Oatmeal with honey on top and a few fat golden raisins
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I love oatmeal with cream and brown sugar.....mmmmm
cream of wheat doesn't fall far behind though -
I loved both as a youth. When I moved to the South I discovered grits. They're all like family to me. But I do tend to ask for grits more often (just not with butter or cheese). -
Malt-O-Meal anyone? Don't really even know what it is but I sure did like it as a kid!-
@seaglass - Malt-o-meal is made in the town where I work. It's funny to get to work and be surrounded by the smell of cereal all day long (they also make cold cereals, too), but it sure beats the days when the wind blows in from the turkey farms. I don't mind Malt-o-meal, but it doesn't hold up to Cream of Wheat.
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@annz- What town is that, if you don't mind? Do they know how you feel about Cream of Wheat?
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Northfield, MN. I keep my cereal opinions to myself, I'm no dummy Since I live elsewhere, it's not much of a problem, I just eat the Cream of Wheat at home, and then brush my teeth twice, and remove all traces of the non-Malt-o-Meal cereal, so no one can tell what I had for breakfast.
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@Annz- LOL! Too funny. I should have known, it was a Minnesota thing. Guess where I'm from? small world
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I've never heard of that, "hot cereal"?! Why would you want it hot? If it's hot, it's not cereal, it's porridge. Anyway, given the choices, there's nothing that would beat oats! Love oats. Love love love!-
I believe the words (porridge/hot cereal) are interchangeable. Hot cereal just sounds better to me, it sounds less like kids being forced to eat slop like porridge. Of course this is just my opinion.
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Oatmeal with sliced banana or dried cranberries, at least 5 days a week.
Used to like Wheatena, but haven't had it for years and years.-
That also sounds great. Will have to try my oatmeal this way.
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I love them both with butter and a sprinkle of brown sugar. I also like zoom (whole wheat hot cereal) -
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I Totally grew up on cream of wheat. Now I religiously eat oatmeal in the am. -
Cream of wheat, grits, then oatmeal -
Nice blog >-
huh?
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oatmeal! -
Oatmeal, haven't had cream of wheat in a long while. This discussion makes me want to try some again. Hmm... -
GRITS!!!How could you forget grits?&& Because I'm a thick girl from the South! -
Oatmeal (with extra water to avoid the paste dilema) with apples and cinnamon. Mom used to make it plain with a slice of butter on top - BORING!
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