I have done both and really cannot tell the difference. If I use the oats that call for pouring the them into a pot of boiling water, I usually do that, but there have been times when I was in the field where I could not do this. Again, did not notice a difference in taste or texture.
Vivec wrote: > I had this discussion ages ago with someone...forget whom. > > I argued that pouring boiling water onto oats didn't exactly cook them as > well as following the directions on the packet. > Someone else said it was just as good. > > I just bought some packets of Instant Cream of **Wheat** (different to > instant oats). > On these packages the directions say that you can pour just-boiling water > over the instant wheat to prepare it for eating. > So... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313599 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
