Cecil’s Great Groats

“God satisfies my mouth with good things; so that my youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103: 5.
Food supplies the body with energy. Now, if after eating, you’re more sluggish than energetic, consider making some food substitutions.

Great Groats Recipe – compliments of Cecil Wayne Cone, Ph.D.
First of all, what are groats?
Groats are the “wholest” edible form, the least processed oat. The only part of a grain kernel that has been removed from a groat is the hull. When groats are cut into two or three pieces with a sharp metal blade, you get steel cut oats. Oats that are steamed and rolled into flakes are called rolled oats.

Here’s Cecil’s recipe for Great Groats
48 ounces of water
1 1/2 cup of groats
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 lemon (squeezed juice)
1 green apple (chopped)
1 banana (chopped)
1 peach (chopped)
1 cup of raisins
1/2 cup of prunes
1/2 cup of blueberries
1/2 cup of blackberries
1/2 cup of strawberries

Place groats in a large cooking pot. Pour in all the water and bring to a boil. Add lemon juice and lower heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Then, add raisins, prunes, and apple. Sprinkle in cinnamon (slowly stirring). Cover and simmer for 7 more minutes. Then raise the heat for 4 minutes.
Now, add banana, peach, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Cover and remove from heat. Do not remove cover for at least an hour.
For best results, cook at night so that the cooked groats can stay covered all night.
Enjoy: Each groat is an entity unto itself when compared to oatmeal, an aggregate of mush.