Video: Alton Brown Makes Oatmeal in a Coffee Pot
Alton Brown, in his typical MacGyver-of-the-food-world ways, hatches this idea for emergency oatmeal. All you need: a coffee pot, two pouches of instant oatmeal, a mini honey and jam packet, an herbal tea bag, a wee bit of salt, and water (how much depends on your gloopy consistency preference). The man becomes a savior to oatmeal eaters in motels everywhere. The video, after the jump.
Alton Brown Makes Oatmeal in a Coffee Pot
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15 Comments:
The savior of motel eaters maybe, but the motel-housekeepers' most wanted man! Love ya AB...
Cary at 12:50PM on 09/24/09
Emergency oatmeal. . .I love Alton. He's just so cool.
betteirene at 12:52PM on 09/24/09
I love that man.
catybarb at 1:17PM on 09/24/09
He just saved me from college campus gruel- I mean, oatmeal :D
forsheezy at 1:26PM on 09/24/09
Wow--AB's really scrapin' the bottom of the barrel, huh? What's next, how to make coffee from Folger's Crystals and hot tap water?
Garvey at 2:10PM on 09/24/09
That's awesome and all but I avoid hotel room coffee pots like the PLAGUE ever since hearing the rumor about how flight attendants use them to give their pantyhose a nice, hot wash.
ardaliz at 2:11PM on 09/24/09
people still wear pantyhose?
gastronomeg at 2:34PM on 09/24/09
Soon, lovers of oatmeal will be pissing off hotel cleaning ladies from coast to coast.
Osomatic at 3:08PM on 09/24/09
This is irritatingly stupid. Oatmeal eaters in motels everywhere? The same oatmeal eaters that can't simply use the coffee pot to heat water, and then make the oatmeal in one of the paper cups provided by the hotel? Give me a break.
mh330 at 3:24PM on 09/24/09
oh AB, you never cease to amaze me.
Genius technique from the one and only. didn't see this one.
However, I don't use coffee machines. Too many bad experiences and I just mind-as-well buy a cup in my thermos.
PS. the pantyhose argument put a smile on my face. I don't wear'em. I prefer to go bare. and I've heard about this too. Everyone knows how bad nylon can reak if you sweat. gross
hungrychristel at 4:11PM on 09/24/09
@hungrychristel- I bet your bad experiences weren't as bad as this.
lesson learned: don't rig a coffee maker.
hmw0029 at 5:20PM on 09/24/09
@ardaliz - as an ex flight attendant I have never heard of any F/As washing their pantyhouse in coffee pots so that must be an isolated case. However I have had one too many nights and mornings of eating oatmeal in my hotel room instead of ordering the calorie-laiden, expensive room service, and never once thought of this! I would normally heat the water into the coffee pot then pour it into a mug and add the oatmeal. Alton is pretty clever!! But make sure you wash after use cause it become a crusty mess!
shanella at 9:12AM on 09/25/09
I love Alton, but if you're going to use packets of instant oats, then you might as well just heat up water and mix it in separate from the carafe. Cause either you have to take time to wash the carafe or you leave it dirty and piss off the cleaning staff.
wunami at 1:15PM on 09/25/09
Honestly, how hard is it to get a real pot, Alton?
If I'm going to watch how to make a stir fry in a wok made of bamboo leaves, I may as well be writing my manifesto at my wilderness compound.
swagv at 8:38PM on 09/25/09
This is awesome! Brings me back to my dorm days when my roommates and i used to make Kraft Mac and Cheese in a coffee pot! It really works! How Krafty I was! Hhehee
ElenaWilly at 12:27AM on 10/14/09