THE UMPTEENTH BOWL OF OATMEAL......
PERHAPS, THE FIRST 'SOLID FOOD' IN MY DIET, AS A VERY YOUNG CHILD..... OATMEAL IS STILL A REGULAR/FAVORITE ITEM ON MY MENU.....IT WAS, IN MY YOUTH, JUST BOILED OATS, SUGAR OR MOLASSES/SORGHAM, AND MILK......OVER THE DECADES, "OATMEAL" HAS EVOLVED TO STEEL-CUT OATS, BOILED IN LIGHTLY YELLOW SEA SALTED WATER, WITH YELLOW RAISINS, POWDERED CINNAMON, AND A TBSP OF SOURWOOD HONEY....THEN LIGHTLY BOILED FOR A COUPLE OF MORE MINUTES, UNTIL TENDER, DUMPTED INTO A BOWL & COVERED WITH NON-DAIRY CHOCOLATE ALMOND MILK...MOST OF WHICH WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE OATS, LEAVING JUST A PUDDLE OF ALMOND MILK IN THE BOWL, TO BE SPOONED OVER THE CLUMP........ANY LEFTOVER OATMEAL WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN AND 'LUMP', AND CAN BE FORMED INTO OATMEAL COOKIES AND BAKED WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS/CURLS....FOR TEA TIME, LATER IN THE AFTERNOON......
