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## Oatmeal, which is cooked grains has the Bracha of mezonot and is followed by Al Hamichya. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12). Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, pg 532 and Brachos Handbook pg 64) writes that instant oatmeal which is made into a hot cereal is is Mezonot and Al HaMichya (even if one has a shuir keviyut seudah) unless it's made with a lot of water and it's so thin that it has the form of a drink in which case the bracha would be Shehakol and Boreh Nefashot. [This is based on Shulchan Aruch 208:2 regarding daysa.] | ## Oatmeal, which is cooked grains has the Bracha of mezonot and is followed by Al Hamichya. <Ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 102, chapter 12). Halachos of Brachos (Rabbi Pinchas Bodner, pg 532 and Brachos Handbook pg 64) writes that instant oatmeal which is made into a hot cereal is is Mezonot and Al HaMichya (even if one has a shuir keviyut seudah) unless it's made with a lot of water and it's so thin that it has the form of a drink in which case the bracha would be Shehakol and Boreh Nefashot. [This is based on Shulchan Aruch 208:2 regarding daysa.] | ||
This is also the ruling of Vezot HaBracha (pg 107) that oatmeal cereal is mezonot unless it's very thin and pours like a liquid (he adds that if one pushes the grain to one side of the bowl and it remains there as a clump and doesn't spread out right away it's considered a food and not a drink). </ref> | This is also the ruling of Vezot HaBracha (pg 107) that oatmeal cereal is mezonot unless it's very thin and pours like a liquid (he adds that if one pushes the grain to one side of the bowl and it remains there as a clump and doesn't spread out right away it's considered a food and not a drink). </ref> | ||
<div id="brachaonbulgur"></div> | # <div id="brachaonbulgur"></div>Cooked bulgur is one of the five grains and is mezonot. <ref>Vezot Habracha (pg 105) </ref> | ||
# If the grain remained whole and it was only slightly processed (roasted or toasted) then the Bracha would be Haodoma. <Ref>S”A 208:4 </ref> | # If the grain remained whole and it was only slightly processed (roasted or toasted) then the Bracha would be Haodoma. <Ref>S”A 208:4 </ref> | ||
## Therefore Granola, which are toasted grains, are Ha'adoma. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 67), Vezot HaBracha (pg 103, chapter 12) </ref> | ## Therefore Granola, which are toasted grains, are Ha'adoma. <Ref> VeTen Bracha (Halachos of Brochos by Rabbi Bodner, chapter 4, pg 67), Vezot HaBracha (pg 103, chapter 12) </ref> | ||
