I see various product, from oatmeal to other items as advertised as being Steel-cut. The last time I checked, yes, most blades are made from steel. I can’t imagine oatmeal being cut by a wooden or plastic blade.
So why is this even a thing?
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Its just saying, hey, these aren’t the steamed then flattened oat flakes, these are steel cut raw oats.
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What else are you seeing labeled as steel cut besides oats?
Steel cut Oats are terrible for lean mass unless you taking steroids. Unbelievably high on the glycemic index.
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Besides the eyeball test, You can always tell if the person giving fitness advice is on steroids or not by the nutrition advices. Steroid bros recommend stuff like oats eggs rice chicken etc (massive focus on macro nutrients) … natural health and fitness people are much more sophisticated with regards to micro nutrients absorption would never recommend oats of any sorts
It’s not that one oatmeal is cut by one metal and the other is cut by another metal. It’s steel-cut vs. rolled.
Steel-cut oats are oat groats (kernels) that are chopped into smaller bits.
Rolled oats (which can be regular or quick) are flattened out (by rolling!) into thin little flakes, and partially cooked, then dried. “Quick” are cooked longer in processing so that it takes less time to prepare at home.
Steel-cut take much longer to cook — typically 30 minutes or more, due to the thickness — but have a better taste and texture than rolled. Rolled is popular simply for convenience.
On oatmeal it’s a different treatment than you see on other labels and affects how they behave during cooking. You want to know and don’t really want to mix them or anything.
That said you can tell by looking if you know the actual difference, but people following a recipe may or may not so if cookies call for steel cut or whatever they want to clearly label themselves.
Cook the oats on the stove, cook some eggs over easy, dump em on top. Let the yolk soak into the oats. Season with salt and pepper. A more traditional breakfast style than the diabetes loaded ones typically suggested.
Just going to chime in with another non-dickhead response: I’ve only ever seen oats classified that way. It really refers to roughly chopped as opposed to rolled (flattened) in that case.
What else have you seen?
Another thing to try (didn’t read all the comments, so I may be repeating info) is savory oatmeal. It’s my favorite. Think of it like any other grain. I add ‘Better Than Bullion” vegetable soup mix, spices, small bits of veggies. You could do it without the soup mix. 2 to 1 water to oatmeal, all together in a saucepan, stir for a few minutes. It’s a whole different food than the sweet flavors.
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