#instant oatmeal

[wikipediapictures]

Quaker Instant Oatmeal

“Quaker Instant Oatmeal, apples & cinnamon flavor. One packet, dry, on the left, a packet made in a microwave with water in the center, and an unopened packet on the right.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[bowlzone]

Todays cereal is Cocoa Puffs Instant Oatmeal

Initial impressions: this is the first hot cereal we’ve reviewed here at The Bowl Zone and I’m beyond thrilled to break new ground. Chocolate porridge isn’t the most revolutionary concept so I’m curious how much they speak to ‘Cocoa Puffs’ more specifically.

Post bowl thoughts: I made this following the packet instructions as closely as possible: half a cup of water, microwave and stir, then add the ‘topping’. It did pain me to put water in something that could so easily be improved by milk, but an honest review of the product as intended is what this is all about. The moment the bowl emerged from the microwave I took a big, enthusiastic spoonful, and instantly eviscerated the skin off the roof of my mouth. A hard blow to overcome but the end product was worth this trial by fire. The taste of this porridge is as if someone took a sachet of Swiss Miss and mixed it with oats. It’s basic American hot chocolate powder through and through, which is perhaps why it was so enjoyable. Despite the sweetness becoming increasingly cloying as the bowl went on, it reminded me of my childhood, where Swiss Miss was a near constant companion, and in turn made me reflect on an adulthood where those simple pleasures don’t seem to reach me nearly as much. Unfortunately we cannot stay lingering in nostalgia and instead must talk about the ‘topping’, a larger than expected packet of aggressively stale Coco Pop style krispies. These krispies are coated in a thin layer of chocolate that instantly melts into a sheen when met with the hot porridge, creating what is frankly quite an unappealing visual. I’m not normally one to judge a bowl of cereal by it’s looks but when something is so clearly giving rat shit, it’s hard not to notice. In all honestly, using such an unappetising addition to try and evoke Coca Puffs feels like a pointless and cynical move to justify a branded oatmeal crossover in the first place. Ultimately this porridge was enjoyable, although definitely more of a dessert than a breakfast. I’d say for all porridge enthusiasts reading this, it is a strong recommendation, despite its clear flaws.

[slosh-reads-animorphs]

The Underground #17

I remember this as "the one with the instant oatmeal". They also use mole morphs to dig a long tunnel and I kind of think about the logistics of it a lot. More on this later.

Summary

There's a new Planet Hollywood opening up so the Animorphs decide to crash the opening event as birds! It's for Ax. You know, so he can erm learn about Earth um culture. All is going well until Rachel notices a guy trying to throw himself out of a tall building. The Animorphs save him by acting as a bird parachute to drop him into some water. Rachel goes the extra mile by morphing a dolphin and pushing him to the surface. Naturally, Arnold "get to the choppa" Schwarzenegger gets credit for saving him because he's the one who pulls him out of the water.

The next day they learn that he claims to have attempted suicide because of an alien in his head. Hmm! The Animorphs break into his mental hospital so Rachel can um, interview him. It turns instant maple and ginger oatmeal drive Yerks crazy from addiction.

After some debate they decide it's morally acceptable get Yerks addicted to drugs and plan to break into the Yerk pool.

Thoughts

So much happens in this book!

I think about the phrase "Yerks or Yorks or something" from time to time and it was funny to see it in this book.

Ax the sweet cinnamon roll for thinking "That guy would hurt himself therefore he's not about to jump out of that building."

There are a lot of call backs to previous books in this one. Even a mention of Z-space. Hmm probably won't be important for a while.

Kind of funny how easy it is for them to break in and out of human facilities.

When I originally read this, kids had to take a special class on how to "Just say no" to drugs. Kind of quaint how that was the one of the worst thing school kids had to worry about. T_T

The events of this book inspired me to thoroughly wash my produce before using it.

Finally, I think about how long it must have taken them to dig that tunnel into the Yerk pool. Next post I'll write it up as a math problem. You know, for fun!

[pumpintwinmama]

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies to Increase my Milk Supply!

I made some cookies yesterday to help with my milk supply. I pumped using the Momcozy M5 while doing it. You can get lactation cookie recipies all over the internet, but all I really wanted was a way to add more oats to my diet without eating more oatmeal. So I made it really simple onmyself. Here's what you need:

Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

1 pack of Quaker Oats Maple and Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal (you might as well get the big box because if you're trying to increase your supply like me you'll be eating oatmeal every day in addition to the cookies!)

1 egg

1 stick of butter

Easy Peasy!

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

for your inane animorphs asks, do you think after the war there's a food safety inspector who's just I KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OATMEAL!!!! I mean, that had to be super aggravating, right? The only common factor in a whole bunch of people apparently developing psychosis out of the blue was instant maple ginger oatmeal except after extensive testing there's nothing wrong with the oatmeal.

Oh dang, I hadn't considered that. But yes, that poor person is probably so vindicated after the war. Because I totally agree that the Yeerk Empire would've gotten the maple-ginger instant oatmeal pulled from shelves, at minimum in the U.S., to stop their people from accessing it. So much angst. So much corporate fraud coming to light. So many people doing the "I told you so" dance after the war.

[fullcravings]

Easy Banana Oatmeal Mug Cake (Blended Baked Oats in Microwave)

[misfit-god]

"Senshi would be appalled at what you eat!"

Oh yea? How appalled? Appalled enough to come to life? Break into my home with the intention of teaching me how to cook? But while he's here he falls deeply in love with me and we fuck nasty in the kitchen where an hour before we cooked a beautiful meal together?

That appalled?

[ashenoaktradingcompany]

Welp. We were planning on putting this out in July, but since Katherine Applegate posted about our soaps on her socials, it'd be silly not to strike while the iron is hot. All of our Animorphs inspired bath bombs and soaps, in a discounted bundle, with a bonus Animorph book! "We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky, and we've got to be careful. Really careful. So we don't trust anyone. Because if they find us... well, we just won't let them find us. The thing you've got to know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you." We've gathered all of our Animorphs-inspired items into one discounted bundle, featuring a sweet extra--a randomly selected Animorphs book! Kick back for a long soak with the Escafil Device bath bomb and discover your new morph as it fizzes and reveals a hidden animal inside. Turn your tub into a Yeerk pool with the Instant Maple Ginger Oatmeal bath bomb. Check out how the Sufficiently Advanced Science morphing cube soap glows in the dark! Resist the temptation to eat the Cinnamon Bandit soap, and have a crisis of conscience with the David soap. Unleash your inner warrior with the Nothing Challenges Me and Survives soap. (Note: Nothing Challenges Me and Survives comes in both bear and claw shapes, you'll receive one or the other based on supply.) Purchasing the bundle saves you $9 versus a la carte, plus you'll get one of the books featured in these photos. Note that all of the books are secondhand and thrifted, and may not be of perfect collector quality; this is a fun bonus, rather than a means to complete your collection. (Sorry, we really can't guarantee which book you'll get.)

[rolanslide]

tip: if you're eating something that looks like it has or has at some point had bugs in it, don't go "it's probably not bugs, I can eat this". throw it away

[marklakshmanan]

During the colder months I usually have for breakfast steel cut oatmeal which takes ~30 minutes to cook. While visiting my mother in law we found this instant steel cut oatmeal. I made it according to directions 1.5 minutes in the microwave. The oatmeal tasted like regular steel cut oatmeal but the consistency was not al dente. So next time I will microwave for less time.

[wist-eri]

// drdt ch 2 ep 11 spoilers

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well guess who i spontaneously drew this morning

closeups below!!

[radicaltitties]

Instant-oatmeal

[funnelcloudd]

If you makin’ oatmeal throw a few chocolate chips in there!!!! A tip from your friend funnelcloubd

[theburialofstrawberries]

putting together some protein at this hotel breakfast like a party whip corralling votes

[salamander-crimes]

anxiety truly has you worrying over the stupidest shit. people will kill me and shoot me dead if they see me using the communal kitchen, the purpose of which is to be used

[metamatar]

guys i maybe obsessed with eating gruel now