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Oatmeal is oat groats (i.e. grains) that have been ground, steel-cut, crushed, or rolled. Ground oats are also called 'white oats'. The term 'oatmeal' is also used in the U.S. and parts of Canada to mean oat porridge. ==Use== The oat grains are de-husked by impact, then heated and cooled to stabilize the oat groats, the seed inside the husk. The process of heating produces a nutty flavour in the oats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Oats are Processed )〕 These oat groats may be milled to produce fine, medium or coarse oatmeal. Rolled oats are steamed and flattened whole oat groats. Steel-cut oats may be small and broken groats from the de-husking process; these may be steamed and flattened to produce smaller rolled oats. Quick-cooking rolled oats (''quick oats'') are cut into small pieces before being steamed and rolled. ''Instant oatmeal'' is pre-cooked and dried, usually with sweetener and flavouring added.〔Trowbridge Filippone, F. (2007) ("Oatmeal Recipes and Cooking Tips" ) ''About.com''〕 Both types of rolled oats may be eaten uncooked as in muesli or may be cooked to make porridge. It is also used as an ingredient in oatmeal cookies, oatcakes, British flapjack bars and baked oatmeal, or as an accent, as in the topping on many oat bran breads and the coating on Caboc cheese. In some countries rolled oats are eaten raw with milk and sugar or raisins (like a basic muesli). Oatmeal is also used as a thickening agent in savoury Arabic/Egyptian thick meat-and-vegetable soups, and sometimes in meatloaf. The term "oatmeal" sometimes refers to porridge made from the bran or fibrous husk as well as the oat kernel or groat.〔Prewett's (manufacturer of oatmeal)〕 An oatmeal bath, made by adding a cup of finely ground oatmeal to one's bathwater, is also commonly used to ease the discomfort associated with such conditions as chickenpox, poison ivy, eczema, sunburn and dry skin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oatmeal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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