"The only advantage that oatmeal has is that is a paste, so it will bind you up if your water purification is iffy. "

Amen to that! I actually live on the stuff to reduce my LDL and triglicyrides (sp). It would be my luck that my survival food cache wouldn't contain berries and brown sugar. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

On the other hand, with enough oatmeal, I could use it as mortar when building my log cabin.