Oatmeal: How Do You Make Yours?

[Lallans]

I went looking for Dr Johnson's first dictionary definition of oatmeal "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses but which in Scotland supports the people" and, via Google, found a reference to an incident where Boswell came upon a barrel of oats and started eating it dry, presumably in the Great Man's presence (the site turned out to be one of those where you have to pay to view public domain texts, so I didn't follow up.)

Anyway, a very important grain in Scottish history- and one which is apparently eaten raw upon occasion.