In the United States and Canada, oatmeal means any crushed oats, rolled oats, or cut oats used in recipes such as oatmeal cookies. Oatmeal is a product made by processing oats. Oatmeal is coarsely ground unsifted oats. Rolled oats and steel-cut oats are also called oatmeal. The porridge made from this is also called oatmeal or oatmeal cereal. However in other parts of the English-speaking world, oatmeal means coarsely ground groats (i.e. oat-meal, cf. cornmeal, peasemeal, etc.). The groats are coarsely ground to make oatmeal, or cut into small pieces to make steel-cut oats, or steamed and rolled to make rolled oats. The quick-cooking rolled oats are cut into small pieces before being steamed and rolled. Oatmeal porridge contains more B vitamins and calories than other kinds of porridges.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1992 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page O-8. Oatmeal is used in some alcoholic drinks, cosmetics, soaps, ext