Oatmeal is a preparation of oats that have been dehusked, steamed and flattened, or a coarse flour of hulled oat grains that have been milled, rolled or steel-cut. Ground oats are called white oats, steel-cut oats are known as coarse oatmeal, Irish oatmeal or pinhead oats, and rolled oats, traditionally thick old-fashioned oats, may also be made thinner or smaller as quick or instant oatmeal depending on how much precooking their size requires.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Source states domesticated oat grains first appear in the archaeological record around 3000 years ago; converted to an approximate calendar year, around 1000 BC, since no exact year is given, and this describes the crop's domestication rather than oatmeal preparation specifically. Origin RegionEurope (earliest domesticated oat grains in the archaeological record) 1 Source dates domesticated oat grains, the base ingredient for oatmeal, to Europe; oatmeal as a distinct food preparation is not separately or more precisely located in the source. Sources
1. Oat - Wikipedia
Origins section, Domestication subsection (region)
Domesticated oat grains first appear in the archaeological record in Europe around 3000 years ago.
Origins section, Domestication subsection (date)
Domesticated oat grains first appear in the archaeological record in Europe around 3000 years ago.
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