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Experimentation in The Morning
Oct. 18th, 2007 09:37 amExperiment #229: Ongoing
Every morning is a new opportunity for experimentation. I am slowly closing in on the best method of cooking oatmeal in a microwave. Particularly the thicker oatmeal that I prefer. The ultimate goal is easy steel cut oats with lots of texture done easily for breakfast. I am not bothering with instructions from the packager (oats cannot be said to be manufactured) as they are useless. Right now I'm tending towards using much less water than recommended as it seems genuinely unnecessary in a microwave. Though a ratio of 2-1 or even 3-1 is traditional for cooking grains on a stove top my results have been perfectly tender using as little as 1½-1 water to oatmeal in the microwave. Less chance of boil over and less time as well.
Every morning is a new opportunity for experimentation. I am slowly closing in on the best method of cooking oatmeal in a microwave. Particularly the thicker oatmeal that I prefer. The ultimate goal is easy steel cut oats with lots of texture done easily for breakfast. I am not bothering with instructions from the packager (oats cannot be said to be manufactured) as they are useless. Right now I'm tending towards using much less water than recommended as it seems genuinely unnecessary in a microwave. Though a ratio of 2-1 or even 3-1 is traditional for cooking grains on a stove top my results have been perfectly tender using as little as 1½-1 water to oatmeal in the microwave. Less chance of boil over and less time as well.