Porridge Oats

[Shoeboat]

Hi, I love porridge and was considering taking a bag of oats with me to Bangkok next month, but are they available there in Tesco Lotus and Big C, are they expensive, and would I be allowed to take a bag with me from Portsmouth England?

Cheers,

SB

[thaigerd]

Hi, I love porridge and was considering taking a bag of oats with me to Bangkok next month, but are they available there in Tesco Lotus and Big C, are they expensive, and would I be allowed to take a bag with me from Portsmouth England?

Cheers,

SB

You'll get your porridge here, don't worry and not too expensive.

I guess no problems to bring it with you.

Gerd

[Shoeboat]

Thanks for the info... Is it gonna be a Villa job or will I find a bag in a regular supermarket at a reasonable price?

I guess what I'm trying to say is... Is it worth importing a couple of bags?

[metisdead]

Thanks for the info... Is it gonna be a Villa job or will I find a bag in a regular supermarket at a reasonable price?

I guess what I'm trying to say is... Is it worth importing a couple of bags?

You can get Quaker Oats in different size cans (up to 800 gram can) at TOPS, Foodland, Villa, just about everywhere. The 800g can is priced a little over B100/can.

[jaiyenyen]

Quaker Oats are always available in Tesco/Lotus or Big C. Look out for the tins.

[rice555]

Hello Shoeboat, the Quaker instant and quick cooking 800g can Bt.101 to 112 depending on what store you buy them at, this is Korat prices. Lotus is highest price.

rice555

[Shoeboat]

Cheers all, it will be a new experience seeing porridge oats in a can.

Whatever next? ...baked beans in a sachet?

[cathyy]

I don't think Quaker oats are what the OP has in mind, if he calls the result porridge. I think he wants steel-cut oats, which are much harder to find. See the steel-cut oats thread.

[rice555]

Hello cathyy, I started eating Quaker Oats when it only came as a regular, no 'quick

[rice555]

Hello Shoeboat, the can is just packaging, it helps to keep the bugs and jinjo turds out too. You can also buy other brands in in plastic packs in BKK, but you need to store it in something after opening.

rice555

Hello cathyy, I started eating Quaker Oats when it only came as a regular, no 'quick' or 'instant' cook. It may be called one thing here and something else there, but does it matter?

rice555

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porage

Porridge, or porage, is a dish made by boiling oatmeal (rolled, crushed, or steel cut oats) or sometimes another cereal in water, milk, or both. It is usually served in a bowl or dish. Other grain meals boiled in water, such as cornmeal, may also be described as porridge, but more frequently have other names, such as polenta or grits. Oat and semolina porridge are the most popular varieties in many countries. In addition to oats, cereal meals used for porridge include rice, wheat, barley, and corn. Legumes such as peasemeal can also be used to make porridge.

From Oatmeal:

Oatmeal is a product of ground oat groats (i.e. oat-meal, cf. cornmeal, peasemeal, etc.) or a porridge made from this product (also called oatmeal cereal or stirabout, in Ireland). The term, 'oatmeal' can refer also to other products made from oat groats, such as cut oats, crushed oats, and rolled oats.

<snip>

In Scotland, oatmeal is created by grinding oats into a coarse powder. Various grades are available depending on the thoroughness of the grinding, including Coarse, Pin(head) and Fine oatmeal. The main uses are:

Traditional porridge (or "porage")

Brose: a thick mixture made with uncooked oatmeal and butter or cream; eaten like porridge but much more filling.

Rolled oats, crushed oats, and other "instant" variations are often used for this purpose nowadays, since they are quicker to prepare.

Gruel, made by mixing oatmeal with cold water which is then strained and heated for the benefit of infants and people recovering from illness.

as an ingredient in baking

in the manufacture of bannocks or oatcakes

as a stuffing for poultry

as a coating for Caboc cheese

as the main ingredient of the Scottish dish, skirlie, or its chip-shop counterpart, the deep-fried thickly-battered mealy pudding

mixed with sheep's blood, salt, and pepper to make Highland black pudding

mixed with fat, water, onions and seasoning, and boiled in a sheep's intestine to make "marag geal"' Outer Hebridean white pudding, served sliced with fried eggs at breakfast

as a major component of haggis.

[edit]Scandinavia

A traditional Scandinavian breakfast commonly includes warm porrige made of boiled rolled oats, boiled with water and a pinch of salt and sometimes raisins. Typically served with milk topped with lingonberry jam or apple sauce although sometimes with honey or butter instead.

[jfchandler]

The instant, add boiling water varieties (flavored and plain) in the little paper pouches, like Quaker, are easy to find.

Likewise, the larger bulk packages of rolled oats, made for cooking, are easy to find also.

I'm not so sure about the "steel cut" variety....

[rice555]

Hello Shoeboat, the can is just packaging, it helps to keep the bugs and jinjo turds out too. You can also buy other brands in in plastic packs in BKK, but you need to store it in something after opening.

rice555

Hello cathyy, I started eating Quaker Oats when it only came as a regular, no 'quick' or 'instant' cook. It may be called one thing here and something else there, but does it matter? The thread was about oatmeal, yes you can make porrage out of other things too.

rice555

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porage

Porridge, or porage, is a dish made by boiling oatmeal (rolled, crushed, or steel cut oats) or sometimes another cereal in water, milk, or both. It is usually served in a bowl or dish. Other grain meals boiled in water, such as cornmeal, may also be described as porridge, but more frequently have other names, such as polenta or grits. Oat and semolina porridge are the most popular varieties in many countries. In addition to oats, cereal meals used for porridge include rice, wheat, barley, and corn. Legumes such as peasemeal can also be used to make porridge.

From Oatmeal:

Oatmeal is a product of ground oat groats (i.e. oat-meal, cf. cornmeal, peasemeal, etc.) or a porridge made from this product (also called oatmeal cereal or stirabout, in Ireland). The term, 'oatmeal' can refer also to other products made from oat groats, such as cut oats, crushed oats, and rolled oats.

<snip>

In Scotland, oatmeal is created by grinding oats into a coarse powder. Various grades are available depending on the thoroughness of the grinding, including Coarse, Pin(head) and Fine oatmeal. The main uses are:

Traditional porridge (or "porage")

Brose: a thick mixture made with uncooked oatmeal and butter or cream; eaten like porridge but much more filling.

Rolled oats, crushed oats, and other "instant" variations are often used for this purpose nowadays, since they are quicker to prepare.

Gruel, made by mixing oatmeal with cold water which is then strained and heated for the benefit of infants and people recovering from illness.

as an ingredient in baking

in the manufacture of bannocks or oatcakes

as a stuffing for poultry

as a coating for Caboc cheese

as the main ingredient of the Scottish dish, skirlie, or its chip-shop counterpart, the deep-fried thickly-battered mealy pudding

mixed with sheep's blood, salt, and pepper to make Highland black pudding

mixed with fat, water, onions and seasoning, and boiled in a sheep's intestine to make "marag geal"' Outer Hebridean white pudding, served sliced with fried eggs at breakfast

as a major component of haggis.

[edit]Scandinavia

A traditional Scandinavian breakfast commonly includes warm porrige made of boiled rolled oats, boiled with water and a pinch of salt and sometimes raisins. Typically served with milk topped with lingonberry jam or apple sauce although sometimes with honey or butter instead.

[rice555]

Sorry about the post screw up's, TOT and AIS have been a problem tonight.

rice555

The 'cut' link: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Steel-Cut-Oats-t267884.html

[cathyy]

Hello cathyy, I started eating Quaker Oats when it only came as a regular, no 'quick' or 'instant' cook. It may be called one thing here and something else there, but does it matter?

Yes, it does. Steel cut oats and rolled oats are not the same thing at all. Steel cut oats are not pre-cooked at all, they are just oat kernels cut into two or three pieces. Rolled oats are steamed oat kernels that are rolled flat. You get different results when you cook them. Steel cut oats make a chewy, highly textured result with a strong oat flavor, while rolled oats like Quaker give a much mushier result with a mild flavor. If the OP wants steel cut oats, he will be unimpressed with rolled oats.

[jfchandler]

So what brand of steel cut oats is available here in LOS, and where are they to be found?

I only saw a passing reference above to McCann's at Central Chidlom... I'd hope, there's more options available than that...

[cathyy]

I've seen McCann's out here in Korat before, too, but it's not always there. The Thai way seems to be to reorder a product when the supply is totally depleted, even though it will take 4 months for the new shipment to arrive. So things run out, and are unavailable for months. When you find it, stock up on the McCann's, which should be available in most of the farang-friendly supermarkets. I know of no other steel cut oats here in Thailand, but since I don't use them and I don't live in BKK I could have missed some.

[Ulysses G.]

The Thai way seems to be to reorder a product when the supply is totally depleted, even though it will take 4 months for the new shipment to arrive.

Exactly. That is why farang stores are driving out the Thai ower ones.

[cathyy]

The Thai way seems to be to reorder a product when the supply is totally depleted, even though it will take 4 months for the new shipment to arrive.

Exactly. That is why farang stores are driving out the Thai ower ones.

I was speaking of the ordering habits of the farang stores. They still have Thai managers running them.

[StateSix]

There is a brand of instant or quick cooking oats available at Villa/Carrefour that is Bt 40-ish for a 400g packet.

[cathyy]

There is a brand of instant or quick cooking oats available at Villa/Carrefour that is Bt 40-ish for a 400g packet.

I see that you didn't bother to actually read the entire thread, or you would not have posted this. Everybody is fully aware that quick cooking and instant oats are widely available. Had you read the thread you would know that the OP is not looking for those.

[StateSix]

Who rattled your cage? I did read the thread thank you very much. Instant oats were mentioned so I posted a price for some cheap, basic ones. I am sure that not "everybody is fully aware" of that, as some people are not porridge geeks as you seem to be

[Ulysses G.]

Who rattled your cage?

[cathyy]

Who rattled your cage? I did read the thread thank you very much. Instant oats were mentioned so I posted a price for some cheap, basic ones. I am sure that not "everybody is fully aware" of that, as some people are not porridge geeks as you seem to be

As many times as quick oats have been mentioned already in this and the other thread about steel-cut oats, everybody with even the slightest interest in oats ought to know the availability of quick oats by now. And, no, I don't buy steel cut oats. I don't even like them.

But I do appreciate that people who ask about a very specific product are primarily interested in that product. It's like telling a guy who is looking for thick-cut potato chips (crisps) where you can buy Pringles.