Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Made my first bowl of oatmeal this morning...

... for the 20/21 oatmeal season. Cold here, 40 degrees this morning. I know 40 is nothing to what's coming this winter, but these old bones are getting to like cold weather less and less! Anyway... it's a slow morning!

I didn't realize there was an oatmeal season. What's the bag limit?

Sweet Christ.

Bacon is better... IMHO.

Even that crap from Canada.

We have a heavy frost here this morning. I had apple pie for breakfast.

Bacon is illegal in Illinois due to causing religious offense to a large portion of the population.

Been skipping breakfast lately trying to lose weight. But couldn’t resist a puffball omelet this morning. They’re around such a short time.

Oatmeal....

Everyday is in oatmeal season here. Plain old rolled oats, not the sugar/flavoured packets barf. Water measured the night before with raisons soaking overnight to sweeten the water and re-hydrate. No sugar, as is.

Wash that down with a cup of tea and you're GTG for the morning.

If it's the Amish whole grain oatmeal......be sure to sift out the bugs and beard hairs.

Here's a couple puffballs we found in 1976. The big one was 25#. I'm the skinny dork in the Norton tee.

So, do you normally just eat cold food until the first frost?

36F here. Had a smoked salmon bagel and hot tea.

My grandmother had oatmeal on the breakfast table everyday year-round along with home cured fried pork shoulder and sausage, eggs - fried and scrambled, scratch biscuits, home canned preserves, red eye gravy, coffee - boiled and perked plus a jar of instant decaf, fresh cows milk and churned butter.

raisins are loaded with sugar

Getting to be that time of year. I never have oatmeal in summer. It's a winter thing for me. Unlike my Scottish born paternal grandmother who had it on a regular basis year round.

About 1.5 hours from me. They say it’s going to be a good year for puffballs.

Had one of my Buzzed 'Maters - perhaps one of the last for this tomato season due to last week's windstorm.

For those who don't visit the Cooking forum below, I cut a deep well in a tomato, S&P, then fresh basil or pesto. Nestle it on a slice of bread, sprinkle grated cheese over mato and bread, then drizzle EVOO over all. Buzz in the micro for 60 seconds, full power. Absolutely delicious.

Use your favorite meltable cheese. Cheddar, mozzarella, pepper jack, whatever. My favorite is asiago for this even though it doesn't melt especially well. Today was cheddar.

I have oatmeal for breakfast prit'near every day. I add wild blueberries, chopped walnuts and honey, Mmmm good.
Of course today the luckiest woman in the world made me an omelette & hash browns.

I haven't had oatmeal since I was six. I don't even know what it tastes like.