Random Thoughts

[Clodfobble]

We don't do oatmeal at all. For one, it's a grain, but even before we were grain-free, it's almost impossible to get oats that are not contaminated with gluten, so we didn't do them when we were just gluten-free either. And before THAT... well, I don't actually like oatmeal, so I never ate it.

Studies have shown that eating oatmeal every day can help lower cholesterol, but I personally think that's only because the people eating it were replacing the even worse carbs that they normally ate for breakfast. I think a person who normally ate eggs and fruit for breakfast would not see any improvement in their cholesterol by switching to oatmeal.

[Gravdigr]

I did a bowl of oatmeal once. But, I didn't wait for it to cool down enough, and so I blistered my junk.

It felt real good for a minute, though.

[Spexxvet]

I wonder how much of America's "golden age" (the 1950s) was do to the reduction in world population from WWII. There would be less competition for scarce resources, and more competition for labor.

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I did a bowl of oatmeal once. But, I didn't wait for it to cool down enough, and so I blistered my junk.

It felt real good for a minute, though.

I had to read this a few times to understand how eating a bowl of really hot oatmeal blistered your junk.

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

We don't do oatmeal at all. For one, it's a grain, but even before we were grain-free, it's almost impossible to get oats that are not contaminated with gluten, so we didn't do them when we were just gluten-free either. And before THAT... well, I don't actually like oatmeal, so I never ate it.

Studies have shown that eating oatmeal every day can help lower cholesterol, but I personally think that's only because the people eating it were replacing the even worse carbs that they normally ate for breakfast. I think a person who normally ate eggs and fruit for breakfast would not see any improvement in their cholesterol by switching to oatmeal.

That's right, I forgot your household is gluten-free. I had temporary memory loss there because every time I go to HEB, I would pass this long section on the back wall of gluten-free products and think of you.