Oatmeal Without Occasion
Oatmeal for breakfast is like porridge on a rainy day. Or chicken soup on a cold-stricken day. Well, I had a cold-like symptom today, but I managed to taste the sour sweet blueberries, comforting bananas, and tangy crunch of my apple. Because oatmeal is like porridge, it soothes my stomach and works like a light and filling bowl. Only I need not wait for a rainy or sick day. I tasted the scintillating sour tang of the blueberries alone before the oatmeal. Then the Cosmic Crisp apples took a fresh twist on the tang that adds a bit of crunch to my meal. Bananas melt to a gelatinous coat that dissolves in my mouth. I like to taste a few bites of fruity pieces before they become soaked in simmered oatmeal. The oatmeal simmered and thickened until it cooled into the bananas, the bones of a chicken soup. They drew out the soggy grain with coated, clean sweetness, like cornstarch in a Chinese stir-fry dish. While I like my oatmeal with more w...
