I'm an Uncle Toby's rolled oats girl, too - my grandmother and parents only ever bought UT's, and they all hate the instant stuff, so I suppose it's purely habit to buy what I'm used to. I did try Homebrand rolled oats once and just found them really tough, if that makes sense? So went back to Uncle Toby's.
As for the cooking and eating of said oats, I like it thick enough to stand a spoon in. I only use milk to cook them, on the stovetop, and I will only add a tiny dribble of milk to serve - I can't stand runny porridge! It has to be PIPING HOT, and served with plenty of raw or brown sugar, and a fair bit of cinnamon (although the cinnamon is optional, sometimes I'm so keen to get warm on cold mornings I don't bother with it, just the sugar and little bit of milk before hoeing in).
DD likes oats too - most mornings she has Weetbix for breakfast but when I sit down to eat a bowl of cold rolled oats and milk (which I'm doing an awful lot since I started BFing, I'm CONSTANTLY hungry), she will pilfer a few spoonsful from me. I haven't tried her on actual porridge yet, but I assume she'd like it - she eats mushy Weetbix every day so why not porridge?
During the week, because I like to press the snooze button, I use the quick oats from UT's. I'm working my way through the range. I've had the apple and sultana, the creamy honey and currently eating the brown sugar and cinnamon. On the weekend we have more time to make 'proper' porridge. As a child Mum use to sprinkle white sugar on it with milk. DH introduced me to brown sugar - yum.
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