Oatmeal

thumb Oatmeal is a preparation of oats that have been dehusked, steamed, and flattened, or a coarse flour of hulled oat grains (groats) that have either been milled (ground), rolled, or steel-cut Quotes The members of this board were very sage, philosophical men; and when they came to turn their attention to the workhouse, they found out at once, what ordinary folks would never have discovered—the poor people like it! ... So, they established the rule, that all poor people should have the alternative (for they would compel nobody, not they,) of being starved by a gradual process in the house, or by a quick one out of it. With this view, they contracted with the water-works to lay on an unlimited supply of water; and with a corn-factor to supply periodically small quantities of oatmeal; and issued three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Sundays. Charles Dickens, The Adventures of Oliver Twist 1866 Boston Ticknor and Fields https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Adventures_of_Oliver_Twist.html?id=1bMXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11 11 (1st edition 1838 London Richard Bentley (publisher) Richard Bentley) "[Oats:] A grain, which in England is given to horſes, but in Scotland ſupports the people." / "Yes, and where else will you see such horses and such men?" Samuel Johnson (1755), A Dictionary of the English Language etc.; Vol. 2, p. 229, with a response by Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank, as quoted in James Boswell (1858), The Life of Samuel Johnson etc., New York: Derby & Jackson; Vol.  3, p. 11. External links Category:Food and drink