Argument with DH over oats

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To save time (maybe 30 seconds?!) tomorrow morning, I've just measured out the oats for tomorrow's porridge into a saucepan and left them ready on the stove. In the morning I'll get the milk out of the fridge, add it, and cook the porridge.

DH has just come into the kitchen and said that the oats will go stale overnight and put a lid on the saucepan. I think he is insane and oats can't possibly go stale in ten hours. He thinks it's obvious that oats left not in an airtight container will suffer a major quality deterioration and doesn't see why I wouldn't have automatically put a lid on.

What's the Mumsnet verdict?!

Were you really bored this evening? I can understand soaking oats overnight to save time, but putting oats in a pan

Wow some people cant even afford oats...…………….to save time buy the oats in pots 1 min in microwave

Or get up 30 seconds earlier :D

I I’m eating Keto, I’d love oats, I would wouldnt even mind if the spiders had rubbed their willies on them, as long as they d got out of the pan & back in their hidey hole again

I’d have put a lid on, not for staleness, but in case of creepy visitors.

In this house the oats are soaked in milk overnight in an open bowl on the worktop, so not refrigerated. Shock horror! (So far my OH has survived.)
I prefer muesli and mine is soaked in milk/yoghurt and left overnight in the fridge. (Because I wouldn't be able to spot the spiders among the delicious fruit and nuts)

I soak mine in plain water overnight so they cook a bit faster. No problem at all and they never taste 'stale'

Using a lid due to the infestation of bloody crane flies because daughter left bathroom light on and window open! Aaargh.

They won’t go stale, but it’s basic hygiene to cover left out food, especially in spider/fly season.

Yes to lid - basic hygiene not to leave food out uncovered.

Now I want porridge for breakfast.

Should you keep the kitchen light on all night to stop them being darked on?

This thread definitely needs a trigger warning for spiders!

DH could have his porridge before going to bed, that would solve the problem. In the morning he could have a bowl of cereal or something.

The lid would go on so flies, cats, etc can't stick their faces in it. Plus, I think they would go stale. Just measure a small amount in a pot and leave out to test the theory. Obviously.

Unless you like your oats seasoned with spiders rather than raisins I'd cover them.

I’d put a lid on. You don’t want a mice infestation.

I would probably cover not have thought to cover it (no, they wont go stake lol!) But would have realised my mistake when I found cat fluff/spiders in it

at the spider Willie's. Yes, I agree with putting a lid on it, but this is nectar I cook them with a lid on too (cook quicker and on lower heat).

What is your issue with lids? Maybe this is the heart of the argument.

Thanks all! Will report to DH (over our breakfast of spider-free and fly-free porridge) that he had the right idea for the wrong reason! Pleased to report that the lid is still on, so no giant spiders staged an attack on the pan in the night...

YABU not soaking in milk hardly a time saver just measuring out!

Ps. I don't cook spider willies, which it does look like above (bad grammar and phone spelling). I do cook oats about every 3 days. I recommend cooking them in Koko milk. Delish.

@IGGI999 Exactly how the song should go 😂

Why don’t you leave a cup in the oats container so you can measure the amount quickly. Leaving it in a saucepan uncovered isn’t the smartest plan. However, I don’t think it will effect the taste or quality of the end product but cornflakes or any other item where you’d wish to retain crispness, would be effected.

I really want porridge now but I don't think I've got time to measure out the oats.

This made me smile because it's the kind of thing DH and I squabble over. We never argue about "big" things. Like money or how to raise DD. It's stuff like whether you should fill the kettle by opening the lid, or through the spout.

Afterwards I always wonder where we find the energy to disagree over these things...

To the pp who put the spider pic on I hope to God that wasnt a door frame it was on.Bloody huge!

My cereal packet isn’t sealed, so I don’t think they will go off.
Also microwave oats.