ampete1
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Is there a difference between rolled oats and flaked oats? If a recipe calls for 1 pound of rolled oats is the equivalent needed for flaked oats as a substitute?
Is there a difference between rolled oats and flaked oats?
There may or may not be. Both are rolled, but with "flaked" you know that they were wetted before they were rolled (and with the friction from being rolled, they had some gelatinization). "Old Fashioned Rolled Oats" are not wetted before being rolled, so it's often encouraged that they should be cooked before being mashed. With my brews, I just go ahead and get flaked oats from the HBS since I know I won't need any pre-mash steps. With getting "rolled" from certain sources, it's hard to figure as to whether they need to be cooked or not.
There seems to be a lot of disinformation on the many threads concerning oats. So, I thought I would add something from Mr. Breakfast himself (!): http://www.mrbreakfast.com/glossary_term.asp?glossaryID=13
"All mass-market American oatmeal cereals are made from rolled oats. Rolled oats are cleaned, graded and pearled - a process that removes the husk from the oat grain, steam-softens it, and then rolls it flat between heavy metal rollers spinning at super speed."
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"Whats the difference between Old Fashioned and Quick Oats? According to Quaker Consumer Relations, "The only difference between Old-Fashioned Oats and Quick is that the Quick Oats are cut into smaller pieces to shorten the cooking time.""
This last point has been mentioned before, but there are several threads insisting that you need to use the Quick Oats. This clearly suggests that if you're planning to run the oats through your grain mill it doesn't matter. RDWHAHB!
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