Was the oatmeal rolled oats (which I think are gross) or pinhead oats (also called groats)?
For several years I ate groats for breakfast every morning. I'd make a pot and keep it in the fridge, scoop some into a bowl each morning, add some brown sugar blend Splenda and some fruit. There's some decent chew (nothing like gloppy rolled oats or, heaven forbid, that stuff that comes in a packet) and it tastes nutty.