I bought pumpkin pie spice because I couldn’t find pumpkin spice. I made a pumpkin latte last night.
I made a simple recipe of oatmeal, pumpkin pie spice,milk and honey. It came out alright all the flavor was in certain chunks of the oatmeal. Need to brainstorm on how to distribute the flavor. Probably need to stir well
This is what the outcome of my first pumpkin pie spice cereal
OP discovers cooking
OP discoveres what to do with free will
I mean, there are other things you can do with free will, too. Like a whole raft of things. It seems odd to attach such a broad concept to adding a few ingredients to oats, but you’re not wrong.
You can make any flavor of cereal you want… as long as it’s oatmeal.
Can you not find corn flakes and others in your neighborhood? (Not sarcastic)
I think they mean that adding flavouring to non-oatmeal is less successful.
do you not have Kellogg’s breakfast masturbatory aid (very sarcastic)
You mean a yogurt enema?
Oatmeal is a cereal plant like grains
While true, nobody refers to a bowl of oatmeal as “cereal”
They usually would qualify it with “hot cereal”
See also cream of wheat, grits.
Why would you want any other
It’s the elite cereal
FYI Pumpkin spice is pumpkin pie spice.
Most “pumpkin spice” flavored things contain 0 pumpkin. And pumpkin doesn’t exactly have a particularly strong flavor on its own. The flavor people tend to associate with pumpkin are the spices you typically add to pumpkin pie.
And it’s basically just a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, and sometimes allspice.
Pumpkin has a strong and disgusting flavor which must be masked with spices to make it edible.
I through pumpkins had an intrinsic taste people like.
I don’t mind the pumpkin pie spice blend. I meantion lattes, but I’ll add it to chocolate milk, cornbread, and teas. I only use honey or maple syrup as sweetener so it tastes like I’m eating a delicious tree
Pumpkin does very much have it’s own flavor but they don’t tend to add it to pumpkin spice products.
It is amazing in oats though, if you’re cooking on the stove, put the dry oats and about 2tbsp of pumkin puree from a can into the pot. Mix it up and toast it a little before adding your spices, then when it’s fragrant, add the liquids and boil. It’s a little more work but it’s game changing for rustic breakfast meals.
Pumpkin does have some flavor, and it’s a pretty nice one IMO, sort of sweet and earthy
But it’s pretty mild, it doesn’t bring a whole lot to the party compared to a lot of things you might add it to like coffee. It would probably come through a little more in something more mild like oatmeal.
In most grocery stores (at least in the US) carry cans of pumpkin puree (not to be confused with pumpkin pie filling which is usually right next to it on the shelf which has added sugar and spices) if you want to get a sense of what just straight pumpkin tastes like, or mix it into something else (it’s an ok source of fiber and some vitamins, and like I said, it’s tasty, just kind of mild)
It is the spices you would use when making a pumpkin pie. Pumpkin itself doesn’t have much of a taste.
Pumpkin does have a taste, rather like squash but not as sweet. The spices (and sugar) are what make pumpkin pie yummy. You could make a pie without the pumpkin, just the spices and sugar and evaporated milk and eggs, maybe a half-teaspoon of cornstarch to help make a custardy filling, baked in a pie shell. It would be yummy. But it wouldn’t be pumpkin pie.
Potato
I agree
How do I make fruit loops?
Bergamot oil
*froot loops
Lemon basil tastes just like fruity pebbles/fruit loops
Not fruit loops, but crunchy cereal:
I only have experience making cinnamon toast crunch (rice flour based) and corn flakes (you’ll never guess what kind of flour this uses), but I’d imagine you can make fruit loops at home as well.
EDIT: Interesting idea, puffed rice is basically how what rice krispies are, and a lot of cereals have a similar texture. Maybe it’s possible to essentially make a kind of rice paste by overcooking rice and using way too much water while cooking it, flavor it however you like, shape it however you like, dry it out thoroughly, and then deep fry it to puff it. I haven’t tried it, so no idea how well it will work.
It’s potato flour, isn’t it
Correct.
I pondered my orb and apparently you need a toucan.
Froot Loops with Guinness. Two can toucan.
I asked an AI and apparently it’s citrus zest. It’s outer layer of lemon and oranges. Then you can add honey or syrup
Bergamot is actually the correct citrus but as a person who cooks and bakes a lot (and won my churches bake off today with key lime and lemon bars) this definitely wouldn’t taste like Froot Loops, I actually don’t even think it would taste that good in oatmeal…
I recently learned you can make cold oatmeal overnight in the fridge. This is a game changer.
Overnight oats are fantastic for your body
How is it different from just boiling the oats in water?
(It’s not. It’s just a current food trend hype.)
YSK that you can make any food you want
One of my favorites: oatmeal with some cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, finely-chopped walnuts, honey, and a tablespoon of chia seeds. Tastes good and it’s pretty good nutritionally.
I’m a big fan of fresh ground spices, and other seeds. The seed is nature’s storage form, till the time is right. The outside of chia seeds is a coating that absorbs water to help ensure germination. It’s the inside where the protein and essential fatty acids reside. Grinding immediately before using opens the seeds husk, and makes the nutrients in the interior available.
Curry powder is very good too.
Curry oatmeal? I’m intrigued is that good? Just curry powder or more?
Some options:
Raisins, cashews, peanut butter, molasses, honey. Not all at once.
not all at once
OP says i can make it whatever flavor I want, bro.
How do I make captain crunch flavored cereal? How do I make cereal? Ideally I’d like to make captian crunch cereal, WITH CRUNCH BERRIES, but I don’t know how
also isn’t the a post about oatmeal not cereal?
Corn, shitloads of sugar, food coloring, and glass.
There’s a broader definition of “cereal” beyond Froot Loops and Corn Flakes.
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world’s largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize.
Oatmeal is considered a hot cereal.
Heat the milk up slightly separately and add the spice into that. You want the liquid flavored.
Oh yeah? Well what about fully loaded baked potato flavored cereal
You couldn’t find pumpkin spice, so you used pumpkin spice?
Not sure if post is edited by now, but it 1st is “pumpkin spice” and 2nd is “pumpkin pie spice”.
Yes, my point is that they’re the same thing.
I get it. I couldn’t find cupcake mix the other day for my cupcakes so I had to use plain old cake mix instead. You gotta be resourceful!
Never used either so TIL
I do the same with rice and beans and stuff. Just a little of this and a little of that and BOOM: decent meal or three!
Also, a pro tip for plain rolled oats is coffee creamer and that strawberry syrup you use for ice cream or strawberry milk. Add some granola and raisens (stuff food pantries usually give out) and you have yourself a decent breakfast.
Im on a process food diet, but I do have an idea of pouring in corn syrup to cut out food processing middle men.
High-fructose corn syrup is in all meaningful ways the same as sugar. (Unless you’re allergic to corn. And the mouth feel in soda is slightly different).
High-fructose is an inverted sugar. There is a much higher fructose to glucose ratio and that can put excess strain on your liver as it has to convert that fructose into other products, mainly glucose as fructose itself cannot be used by the body directly for energy.
This is hilariously bad science. Whatever source you read on this was probably trying to sell you something.
Sugar is about 50% each glucose and fructose. HFCS is about 55% fructose and 45% glucose. The HFCS is absorbed by your body very very slightly faster than sugar, but while it’s a measurable effect, it is basically meaningless. Numerous stufies have shown no connection to obesity, high blood pressure… any problem you can probably think of.
Maybe use one of those mini-whisks for coffee etc to mix up the liquid and powder before adding them to the oats.
If you mix the spice with the milk before you add it to the other stuff, it should work a bit better to avoid the pockets of flavor. You’ll still want to stir the finished product, but as long as you don’t give it time to separate before pouring in, should help a lot.
You can also make whatever kind of microwave popcorn you want, just get some brown paper lunch bags and loose popping corn, put about a cup of corns in the bag, fold the end over several times, and pop it like regular microwave popcorn (you’ll wanna watch the time until you get a feel for how long it takes, since the volume is different than pre-packaged) then take your seasoning of choice and either sprinkle on directly (if powder seasoning it should stick fine without help) or spray some water/drizzle some butter or oil and use that to stick on your flavors if they are bigger bits. Im a big fan of garlic and sweet onion popcorn :) and if you skip the oil, super healthy snack. I kept a jar of corns and a small spice cabinet at work so I could make it whenever, was lovely.
Word of warning: Never walk away while doing microwave popcorn in paper bags, a fire can start in a matter of 3 seconds. Stand in front of the microwave until it’s done.
If you eat the unpopped kernals and then stand in front of the microwave with the door open while it’s running…
…you can have a wild visit to the ER… if you survive.
(just being silly, your comment is correct and good advice)
I do this all the time! Are you watching me through the microwave
No, I can’t see you.
Move a little to your left. A little more. Okay, THERE, now I got you.
(I actually did this in the 90s when I was doing tech support - I knew what the customers were looking at on common tasks like driver installation and more than once I had someone ask if I could see them, and one time the call of the void won and I did basically the above, but I did tell them I was joking immediately. Had they complained, I could’ve gotten in trouble because companies have no sense of humour. heh)
