Are you a fan of hot cereals? (Question of the Day 11-5-10)
" @ajamafalous said:I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal because I've never heard anyone ever call oatmeal a cereal.It is, do you know what a cereal is?" I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal. "
–noun1.any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.2.the grain itself.3.some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food.
So how are oats, by any definition, not a cereal? "
" @Fajita_Jim said:Doesn't matter what you call it, the FACT is that it IS a cereal. Even before it hits the box, while it's still growing in the field, it's called CEREAL. Why? Because Cereal is a type of GRAIN. It is NOT a breakfast brand." @ajamafalous said:I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal because I've never heard anyone ever call oatmeal a cereal. "It is, do you know what a cereal is?" I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal. "
–noun1.any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.2.the grain itself.3.some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food.
So how are oats, by any definition, not a cereal? "
" @ajamafalous said:I'd like you to bold the part of my post where I tried to claim that oatmeal was not a cereal." @Fajita_Jim said:Doesn't matter what you call it, the FACT is that it IS a cereal. Even before it hits the box, while it's still growing in the field, it's called CEREAL. Why? Because Cereal is a type of GRAIN. It is NOT a breakfast brand. "" @ajamafalous said:I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal because I've never heard anyone ever call oatmeal a cereal. "It is, do you know what a cereal is?" I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal. "
–noun1.any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.2.the grain itself.3.some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food.
So how are oats, by any definition, not a cereal? "
You won't find one, because I never made such a claim. I merely said that I wouldn't call it one. So I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here.
Allow me to repost the relevant data:" @Fajita_Jim said:
I'd like you to bold the part of my post where I tried to claim that oatmeal was not a cereal." @ajamafalous said:
Doesn't matter what you call it, the FACT is that it IS a cereal. Even before it hits the box, while it's still growing in the field, it's called CEREAL. Why? Because Cereal is a type of GRAIN. It is NOT a breakfast brand. "" @Fajita_Jim said:
" @ajamafalous said:I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal because I've never heard anyone ever call oatmeal a cereal. "It is, do you know what a cereal is?" I wouldn't call oatmeal a cereal. "
–noun 1. any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
2. the grain itself.
3. some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food.
So how are oats, by any definition, not a cereal? "
You won't find one, because I never made such a claim. I merely said that I wouldn't call it one. So I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here. "
Doesn't matter what you call it,
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