Oatmeal is the ground, hulled kernels of oats, a cereal crop. Oats are most commonly used for livestock, but they are also popular as a human food. Oatmeal can also be made from rolled, crushed and steel-cut oats as well as being ground, and is also known as white oats.
Oatmeal is popular as a breakfast cereal - such as in Quaker Oats, one of the more well known varieties - and the oatmeal does seem to have some health benefits (in moderation, anyway) and rolled oats have been used by athletes for years.
Oatmeal is a dish that is strongly associated with Scotland, whose environment is more suited to the growing of oats than of wheat. There are as a result many different dishes in Scotland that incorporate oats, not just the traditional porridge. It's also used in cheese, oatcakes, baking, haggis and a variant of black pudding amongst others.
Oatmeal is therefore quite versatile, and can be used in many recipes, such as biscuits or cookies, and not just eaten for breakfast.
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