What's the meal part of "oatmeal" ?!

Question: the eating of it
lol

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Answers: the eating of it
lol

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The gaps in between the oats.

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The oats!!<3

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It's a meal of oats.

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It's a meal of oats... What's so difficult to understand?

Add honey and creme and it's a great start to any day. :)

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The chicken part.

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any ground `grain` is called meal,but usually other than oats is called flour

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meal is another term for fiberous grain substances.
almond meal, corn meal, etc.
Personally I think it refers to meal worms that live in the oats

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becomes a meal when you eat it.

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"oatMEAL"that's the meal part.

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