Posted: 4/2/2013 7:37:28 AM EDT
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We are pretty well set with rice, beans, corn etc. Next on the list to put back is oatmeal.
So I ask my wife this morning about it and she asks if it will be rolled oats or steal cut. Apparently steel cut needs 45 min to cook. What kind do I need to buy? I will be putting a few hundred pounds in mylar and buckets. Also how long will it store. Can someone please educate me. |
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Steel cut will keep much better long-term. Rolled oats cook quicker, but go stale in less than a year. If you cook stale rolled oats, they turn to mush. If stored in the proper container (i.e #10 can, o2 absorber), rolled oats stay good for 30 years, as do quick oats per the LDS cannery |
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Steel cut will keep much better long-term. Rolled oats cook quicker, but go stale in less than a year. If you cook stale rolled oats, they turn to mush. If stored in the proper container (i.e #10 can, o2 absorber), rolled oats stay good for 30 years, as do quick oats per the LDS cannery This. The best thing to store is oat groats. (Oatberries) You can roll them, steel cut them, grind them into oat flour or cook them whole and eat them. ETA: Oat groats can be used a lot like rice. Makes for a nice change. |
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Steel cut will keep much better long-term. Rolled oats cook quicker, but go stale in less than a year. If you cook stale rolled oats, they turn to mush. If stored in the proper container (i.e #10 can, o2 absorber), rolled oats stay good for 30 years, as do quick oats per the LDS cannery This. The best thing to store is oat groats. (Oatberries) You can roll them, steel cut them, grind them into oat flour or cook them whole and eat them. ETA: Oat groats can be used a lot like rice. Makes for a nice change. My says she knows what they are. We can apparently get some at a local store. We are going to buy a couple pounds and try cooking with it before we buy a whole bunch. So far that seems like the way to go. Thank you. |
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Steel cut will keep much better long-term. Rolled oats cook quicker, but go stale in less than a year. If you cook stale rolled oats, they turn to mush. If stored in the proper container (i.e #10 can, o2 absorber), rolled oats stay good for 30 years, as do quick oats per the LDS cannery This. The best thing to store is oat groats. (Oatberries) You can roll them, steel cut them, grind them into oat flour or cook them whole and eat them. ETA: Oat groats can be used a lot like rice. Makes for a nice change. My says she knows what they are. We can apparently get some at a local store. We are going to buy a couple pounds and try cooking with it before we buy a whole bunch. So far that seems like the way to go. Thank you. If you like eating oatmeal (I do) you should still store some rolled oats. Quick oats are just rolled oats that are cut up. |
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Alton Brown's Crock Pot oatmeal is pretty good. (Though, skip the fruit, just use maple syrup.) That said, I have had steel cut oats go rancid on me before. But, I bought them at a low-turn over store that might have been not rotating them properly. If you buy in bulk from a store, pop a couple in your mouth first before filling a bag, see if they taste stale or rancid. Cooking some before you buy a bunch is a good idea. Some people don't like them. There are some companies that sell canned steal cut oats in smaller cans (32 oz or 24 oz or something). That I had sitting around for several years before using it and it was fine. (I forget the name, but it was 'scottish' or 'irish' oats or something.) That thermos cooking thing never worked for me, they weren't hot enough going in and the thermos didn't hold the heat well enough. I used a high quality "soup for lunch" thermos though, maybe a larger one would work.
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Quoted: That thermos cooking thing never worked for me, they weren't hot enough going in and the thermos didn't hold the heat well enough. I used a high quality "soup for lunch" thermos though, maybe a larger one would work. Make sure to use boiling water. You can also preheat the thermos (using hot or boiling water) but I generally don't find it necessary. |
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I have sippi cups or somethang and keep rolled oats in them at most of my desks and eat it raw and wash it down with RO water every morning and other times too.
No need to cook it like my Mom did for me when I was a little shaver...  Been doing this for close to 5 years and have acquired a taste for it. Wow, my SO just refilled my container for morning as I was typing this!
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Quoted: I have sippi cups or somethang and keep rolled oats in them at most of my desks and eat it raw and wash it down with RO water every morning and other times too. No need to cook it like my Mom did for me when I was a little shaver... Been doing this for close to 5 years and have acquired a taste for it. Wow, my SO just refilled my container for morning as I was typing this!I recommend it! Yeah, a nice ball of raw rolled oats between the cheek and gums is actually kind of nice. |
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Quoted: Walmart.com, $15 for 10 pounds of rolled oats, packed in a bucket with nitrogen. Cost the same as Quaker, also good for cookies, rigght now we have 4 buckets in the pantry Is this the Auguson Farms brand? That's a great price, they estimate 30 years for storage. It's quick oats BTW. |
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That thermos cooking thing never worked for me, they weren't hot enough going in and the thermos didn't hold the heat well enough. I used a high quality "soup for lunch" thermos though, maybe a larger one would work. Make sure to use boiling water. You can also preheat the thermos (using hot or boiling water) but I generally don't find it necessary. I do thermos method and they are not warm enough for my liking. I'll add water if needed & microwave 30 seconds = just right. |
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I just bought a 50lb bag rolled oats from a bulk food store for $22.75. It will last us about 6 months. We store in unlined food grade buckets.
Oats are from DDA - Dawn Distributors Advantage in Jackson, Michigan. I buy small amts of steel cut oats there for $.89 lb. |
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Just a note..
OP says he wants to store a "few hundred pounds.." About 16 - 17 pounds fills a 5 gallon bucket.. Oats take up a lot of space.. we have 200lbs or so bucketed right now. We buy #50 bags of organic rolled oats locally. The one good thing is you can stack those buckets all the way to the ceiling.. because they are so light. |
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Just a note.. OP says he wants to store a "few hundred pounds.." About 16 - 17 pounds fills a 5 gallon bucket.. Oats take up a lot of space.. we have 200lbs or so bucketed right now. We buy #50 bags of organic rolled oats locally. The one good thing is you can stack those buckets all the way to the ceiling.. because they are so light. Rice, beans, corn, sugar, salt, etc I have in gallon Mylar bags. 5# in each, 5 bags to a bucket. We currently buy oatmeal for daily use in 3 pound bags. I knew I wouldn't get 25# in a bucket and was curious how much would fit. Thank you for the info. I think I'll try 3# in each Mylar bag and still put 5 per bucket. |