October 29 is National Oatmeal Day. Oatmeal is a food that never goes out of favor with the nutrition experts. It is a heart-healthy food and helps ward off diabetes. If you like oatmeal, you have several choices including microwavable, quick-cooking, rolled, steel-cut, and old-fashioned. There are also many choices in toppings. My favorites are raw sugar, nuts, and dried fruit.
One of the oldest and most famous mascots in the advertising industry is the Quaker Oats Man. The Quaker Man was registered as a trademark in 1877. Today the company says that the mascot doesn’t represent an actual person, but the “values of honesty, integrity, purity and strength.” In the past, however, William Penn was thought to be the inspiration.
Celebrate the day by eating oatmeal. Start your day with a steamy bowl of oatmeal, or eat oatmeal cookies, fruit crisp, or oatmeal pie.
Genesis 1:29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
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