Hi there,

I need help. I have been eating wholegrain oats for the last 2 years thinking they were slow cooked oats as mentioned in the Zone books as good Carbs. Is this true? WE don't have sttel cut oats in New Zealand.

Thanks

Oat groats (probably what you're referring to) would be fine.

The link below are the ones I have at the moment. I know they are not the hulled oats, but will they be ok?

http://www.harraways.co.nz/html_pro...n_1kg.html

I can get Hulled Oats. I just have to order them.
Thanks in advance!

Hard to tell from the picture, they look like rolled oats?

I see that they do sell Scotch oats, those are basically the same as steel cut oats.

Victoria, those are rolled oats. It also states that in the description. Here it is...

" Traditional Wholegrain Oats 1kg
Traditional wholegrain oats are produced from rolling the whole oat groat. This gives a distinctive coarse nutty oat, which is great for muesli or delicious as a hearty bowl of porridge."



BTW, all the Scotch oats I've seen are rolled oats, but steel cut oats are sometimes referred to as Irish oats (though not all oats with name Irish are steel cut). Clear as mud, right? :-)

Steel cut oats are unmistakably unique in appearance. They look like actual pieces of grain that have each been cut into 2 or 3 pieces.

Here's a photo of uncooked steel cut oats: http://www.all-creatures.org/recipe...elcut.html

Thanks for your help. I have actually just found a store here that stocks them. Phew!

That's great!

I'm happy to help. :-)

Glad we cleared that one up! But, just want to add that the Scotch oats around here are the same as steel cut, and the same as Irish oats, too.

It all gets so confusing when different countries call things different names. Thanks for all the input Sue and Cranberrycat!

Vic

I agree!

You're welcome.

Hey there.
Long time since I have been on here! I am now in Canada and figuring out all the new foods!
So I found steel cut oats. They are awesome! But they say 27gm (4 g fibre) for a 1/4 cup. I thought steel cut oats were 1/4 c for one block?
help!
Thanks

Hi Victoria

Good to hear from you again.    

You might be comparign dry (uncooked) steel cut oats to cooked.  1/4 cup cooked steel cut oats will give you 1 carbohydrate block.

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OHHHH you are totally right! It has been so long since I have had them. It's 1 ounce of dry oats! Yay. Thanks for clarification and jogging my memory! Vic