I have been using quaker oats in my recipes, so now I found out that oat groats are the whole version…. I have been enjoying topping them on yogurts and salads, so I decided to make a raw oatmeal. I soaked them overnight, blended them up, and when I tasted it, I could have sworn someone was trying to poison me. It was toxic! It was awful and bitter-tasting!
SO, I thought it might be that I didn’t rinse it well enough, so I tried blending up more groats without soaking them, and was sure they’d taste ok, since they smelled fine. I took a bite, and it was still the same poisonous crap! Well, I gave that up. But, why did they taste perfectly fine when I ate a little amount with other foods, yet, when I blended them up, it was nasty? Are my taste buds just not used to it, or is it really not good for me?
how odd, I eat oat groats almost every day for breakfast, but I eat the steel cut oats, which are raw groats that are cut into small pieces. Maybe the whole groats have some sort of skin on them that tastes bad? Why don’t you try steel cut oats, I find them very tasty (though not as sweet as rolled oats) and they’re pretty soft after only a 1/2 hour soak.
Ok, I am confused. I have been told that quaker oats/rolled oats are not raw, that they get staemed or something. tHE SAME THING FOR STEEL CUT, ALTHOUGH i HAVE HEARD ABOUT RAW STEEL CUT SOMETIMES. i AM JUST WONDERING IF WHAT i HAVE BEEN TOLD IS CORRECT. Thank you, Kat
Oat groats are not raw, even though they’re usually labeled that way. Neither are steel cut or rolled oats, unless you buy them from a specialty raw food website. www.alissacohen.com sells raw rolled oats, so maybe she sells the steel-cut ones, too. For raw whole oats, go to www.sunorganic.com and order the oats for sprouting, not oat groats. As for the bitter taste, I used to eat oat groats (before finding out they’re not raw), and I don’t remember any bitterness, but then it’s been a long time.
i take whole raw oat groats and soak them in warm water in a thermos or glass tuberware overnight. eventhough still tough. they are edible. if you want them really nice then soak them for 3 days. i have a oat groat recipe posted.
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I have been using quaker oats in my recipes, so now I found out that oat groats are the whole version…. I have been enjoying topping them on yogurts and salads, so I decided to make a raw oatmeal. I soaked them overnight, blended them up, and when I tasted it, I could have sworn someone was trying to poison me. It was toxic! It was awful and bitter-tasting!
SO, I thought it might be that I didn’t rinse it well enough, so I tried blending up more groats without soaking them, and was sure they’d taste ok, since they smelled fine. I took a bite, and it was still the same poisonous crap! Well, I gave that up. But, why did they taste perfectly fine when I ate a little amount with other foods, yet, when I blended them up, it was nasty? Are my taste buds just not used to it, or is it really not good for me?
how odd, I eat oat groats almost every day for breakfast, but I eat the steel cut oats, which are raw groats that are cut into small pieces. Maybe the whole groats have some sort of skin on them that tastes bad? Why don’t you try steel cut oats, I find them very tasty (though not as sweet as rolled oats) and they’re pretty soft after only a 1/2 hour soak.
I eat steel cut oats, too, by Hodgson Mills. NOT Quaker Oats, blech. Steel cut oats taste wayyy better.
Ok, I am confused. I have been told that quaker oats/rolled oats are not raw, that they get staemed or something. tHE SAME THING FOR STEEL CUT, ALTHOUGH i HAVE HEARD ABOUT RAW STEEL CUT SOMETIMES. i AM JUST WONDERING IF WHAT i HAVE BEEN TOLD IS CORRECT. Thank you, Kat
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Oat groats are not raw, even though they’re usually labeled that way. Neither are steel cut or rolled oats, unless you buy them from a specialty raw food website. www.alissacohen.com sells raw rolled oats, so maybe she sells the steel-cut ones, too. For raw whole oats, go to www.sunorganic.com and order the oats for sprouting, not oat groats. As for the bitter taste, I used to eat oat groats (before finding out they’re not raw), and I don’t remember any bitterness, but then it’s been a long time.
i take whole raw oat groats and soak them in warm water in a thermos or glass tuberware overnight. eventhough still tough. they are edible. if you want them really nice then soak them for 3 days. i have a oat groat recipe posted.
thanks angie for the oat groat supplier.
You’re welcome! Just make sure you don’t order “oat groats” but order the oats for sprouting instead. :)