I originally posted this on r/helpmefind but I figured I’d reach out here as well for some help!
I’m looking for a recipe I used to make all the time with my mom that she has saved from a bag of “Old Fashioned Rolled Oats”. She claims to have gotten it after 1999, but before 2005 (me and my sister’s birth years).
All that sounds remains of the bag she has taped on top of the lid of the container we use to store oats, which hopefully could help identify the brand and then the recipe itself. The lid being Kraft has nothing to do with it. It simply has the Rolled Oats label along with how to cook the oats itself.
I know it’s a long shot, but I’ve seen the internet work miracles and I really hope to be able to properly make this recipe once more. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!
by Ok_Celebration2447
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The plain text on yellow packaging reminds me of the No Name brand, if you’re in (or near?) Canada? I was able to find a pin from a defunct website that includes a [No Name Oatmeal cookie recipe](https://pin.it/4vqoGKH9m)
What country are you in?
The font of the label looks like the generic “no name” brand from Loblaws/No-frills here (Canada).
Also, a description of what the recipe makes would help.
Is it Robin Hood brand? Like the flour? They have oats too
Try posting to r/oatmeal old fashioned oats that needed to simmer for 10 minutes? Sounds heartier than a typical Quaker oat. The oats came in a bag?
Do you remember anything about the recipe? Whenever I see “Canada” and “oats” I immediately think Nova Scotia oatcakes. One of the more memorable features of oatcakes is that the recipe does not use eggs, but baking soda and warm water. If that sounds familiar, I can give you dozens of variations of the recipe!
Havent found a Rolled Oats from back then but can say that Loblaws (No Frills) did indeed use a serifed font at one point before it returned to the black Helvetica on yellow. [Here’s an example from the web archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20020618100412im_/http://loblaws.ca/on_our_shelves/images/no_name.gif). They also did incorporate different coloured fonts including red (see the italicized descriptor *”Old-fashioned”* above the Rolled Oats?).
With that distinctive yellow background, and the earlier use of serifed fonts, and italics in the descriptors seen in the photo, I would agree that this was an old No Name package of rolled oats.