concerning oatmeal

When rolling through the glens of the Highlands in your touring car, you may be overcome by the desire to ‘go antiquing’. Aside from the whole stake-through-the-groin noun-as-verb pitfall, and the logistics of tying wooden furniture to your Mazda Miata, there is another booby trap lurking for the unwary. Never buy a sweet granny’s Scots pine dresser without checking first for the oatmeal tidemark to guarantee its provenance. Back before Stouffers frozen meals, porridge used to be made in large batches, poured into a top dresser drawer, and left to set overnight. Nothing like a freshly cut slab of cold solid porridge for a lovely picnic on the heather.

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