Why does oatmeal eat and what to do with it?

Oatmeal is loved by both adults and children. Oatmeal - nourishing, but at the same time not too high-calorie dish. That's why she is loved by losing weight, dieters and weight-lifting people.

However, sometimes it can happen trouble.It would seem that you cooked porridge according to the usual recipe and already sat down for breakfast, but found that oatmeal is bitter. What to do in such cases and why oatmeal can start to taste bitter - learn from our material.

If your oatmeal is bitter, then it means that, most likely, raw cereal has become rotten. There are several reasons for the appearance of a bitter taste in this dish. Consider them in more detail.

• Oatmeal can start to taste bitter if the cereal from which it was cooked has been stored on the shelf for a long time, and its shelf life has expired. Such a situation may occur if the storage conditions of the cereal were violated (for example, incorrect temperature conditions or torn packaging), if you purchased the porridge, without looking at the shelf life of the cereal in the store, or if the packaging of oatmeal is stale in your own kitchen.
• Even oatmeal can have already cooked a bitter taste, even if fresh cereals are used. This may occur in violation of cooking technology (for example, too long cooking time).
• Porridge may have a bitter taste due to the poor quality of the components added to it (for example, stale butter).
• The product can be bitter due to the fact that it belongs to the lower grade (usually it comes to cheap cereals and cereals).
• Oatmeal may have a spoiled taste due to the fact that it absorbed extraneous smells of products (this is especially true in the case of the wrong commodity neighborhood).

First, try to figure out what caused the bitterness. If the reason for the unpleasant taste is expired cereal, then you can try to get rid of bitterness. To do this, oatmeal should be thoroughly rinsed in salt water, and then left in the same salted liquid for 20-30 minutes.

If you are sure of the freshness of cereals and other products that you added to the porridge (for example, butter), then, most likely, there was an oxidation process in air, and therefore the porridge began to taste bitter. To eliminate the unpleasant taste, try adding something sweet to the already prepared dish. This may be honey, sugar or other sweeteners.

Another tip is to boil the bitter porridge in water with the addition of a bouillon cube.

Everyone loves to eat porridge for breakfast. Spoil the beginning of a new day can tasteless bitter breakfast. How to avoid this and not spoil your mood already in the morning?

• Carefully check the expiration dates of oatmeal. This should be done directly when buying a product in a supermarket or store (if necessary, you can consult with the seller). Also, the store should examine the storage conditions of cereals and package integrity.
• After cooking, do not soak the dish for too long, but start eating immediately. This will avoid oxidation processes that may cause bitterness.
• Another important rule - follow the cooking technology. You can gape and overdo the porridge on fire. Do not allow the dish to burn.
• Make sure that all the foods you add to the porridge are fresh. Do not allow low-quality ingredients to enter the finished dish.
• It is important to remember that in oatmeal, the expiration date of which has expired, harmful substances accumulate. Therefore, such a product should be thrown away.

More information about how to cook porridge, you will learn from the following video.