Pros & Cons of Steel Cut Oats

Pros

• Tastes better than Quaker Oats.
  
• Comes in a cool metal can that you have to pop the lid off with a knife.
• Alton Brown likes to use them.
• Named after one of my buddies.
• Irish.

Cons

• More expensive.
• Takes a lot longer to cook.
• Can't or shouldn't make oatmeal cookies out of them.
• Recipe on the side of the can is too much for one sitting and I'm too chained to the suggested recipe to do anything else.

Counter-arguments

• The 45-minute or so cooking time is the perfect interval in which to get ready for the day ahead.  Shower, dress, Jeopardy.
• Good taste knows no price.
• I lost the recipe to my favorite oatmeal cookies.

Conclusion

• I will never go back to Quaker Oats.