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Date: 02-17-93 (02:32)             Number: 92
From: WEIRD AL #1 @6469*1          Refer#: NONE
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Subj: Oatmeal Patties  -  a nic      Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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Oatmeal Patties

A refreshingly different main dish (meat substitute).


Ingredients needed:

2 eggs
1/4 cup Milk (approx.)
1 pack onion soup mix
4 cups of Oats
Dash of Sage (optional)
Cooking oil (preferrably corn oil)
1 cup of finely chopped broccoli (only the head...not the stalk)
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (or dark mushroom is a change from the norm)



Mix dry ingredients. (oats and onion soup mix, dash of sage optional).  Add
the 2 eggs, chopped broccoli and milk.  Only use enough milk to give the oats
enough moisture to stick together.  Add another egg if necessary.  Warm some
cooking oil in a frying pan.  Make patties out of the oatmeal mixture.  The
patties should be gooey enough to stay together...so don't add too much milk.
If you do, just add another egg to even it out.  Brown the patties in the oil.
You'll need to add oil now and then.  Set the patties aside on a plate.  Now
you have 2 options:  1> Make an oven dish  2> Make a pot dish.  You can add
the 2 cans of mushroom soup to either a casserole dish or a big pot/pan.  The
main idea is to add the water specified on the cans of mushroom soup (2 cans
total), mix the soup and water until soupy.  Add patties and simmer until
thickened to your specifications (should be like gravy or somewhat).  I've
tried both ways of making oatmeal patties and have found that a casserole dish
gives less of a chance of breaking apart the patties.  While the mushroom soup
thickens, the oatmeal in your patties get cooked.  The two tasts of
onion/brocolli/sage/oatmeal and the mushroom soup blend together well.  Make
sure you keep the patties covered with the soup.  Serve as a main dish when
soup is at desired thickness.  Makes about 10-15 patties.  Recipe can be
doubled with great results.  This is one of those foods that taste better
after refrigerated overnight.  Nuke it.

Enjoy!  This is for all of you vegetarians out there.  Some people say these
patties taste like salisbury steak, but I think they have their own unique
taste.  My mother used to make these when I lived with her.  Since we were
into vegetarian food, we tried this and loved it.  Mom made this recipe
herself.