ate oatmeal for breakfast?? LOL


Why couldn't they expand their options for breakfast?


1. Cereal

2. Eggs



Was a carton of eggs that expensive? And wouldn't cereal have been much better than oatmeal?

Cereal would have been better tasting, but more expensive because of the milk. A carton of milk wouldn't last long with 2 adults and 3 kids having cereal each morning.

Cereal would have been better tasting, but more expensive because of the milk. A carton of milk wouldn't last long with 2 adults and 3 kids having cereal each morning.


What about a carton of eggs?

I love oatmeal!!! It is a warm wholesome food. But maybe if I was poor and had to eat it, I wouldn't like it that much! LOL It is actually a good food to decrease cholesterol . My doctor suggested I eat it. Put some cinnamon , raisins and jazz it up a bit and it's quite good. My hubby puts Quaker oats, a banana and milk in the blender and makes a milkshake in the morning!

My mom used to make it and I liked it as a kid, but other mornings she made the regular, bacon, eggs or French toast, sausage or regular cold cereal . So we didn't have it everyday! LOL!!!

The Evans had some big dinners

baked chicken, turkey, roast so I was wondering why they could not expand a little on the breakfast LOL

Then one dinner they thought they were eating dog food!

Then one dinner they thought they were eating dog food!


Yes, I will always believe she lied to the evans

What about a carton of eggs?

I think that eggs are too expensive and time consuming for the Evans to have on a daily basis. If each person has 1 egg (James looks like a 2 egg man to me though- LOL) that's 5 eggs for one meal. That means that a standard carton of 12 eggs would last less than 3 days. Also, since eggs aren't as filling as oatmeal, additional foods (like bacon or grits) would have to be purchased to supplement the meal.

Most people have an egg preference (scrambled, fried, etc) and with getting ready for school and work (with one bathroom), I don't think Florida or Thelma would have had time to fix everyone's eggs the way they liked them. You can put oatmeal in a pot and do other things while it cooks, but you have to watch eggs or they will overcook.

The families on "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie" were broke too, but they had an advantage over the Evans because they lived on farms and didn't have to buy milk and eggs.

I really think oatmeal was chosen though because it gives the kids something to complain and tease Thelma about.

Put some cinnamon , raisins and jazz it up a bit and it's quite good.


I only eat oatmeal in the winter, but when I do I eat it that way too.

Then one dinner they thought they were eating dog food!

I think that's my favorite episode! I wouldn't have eaten that mess. :lol:

I think that eggs are too expensive and time consuming for the Evans to have on a daily basis. If each person has 1 egg (James looks like a 2 egg man to me though- LOL) that's 5 eggs for one meal. That means that a standard carton of 12 eggs would last less than 3 days. Also, since eggs aren't as filling as oatmeal, additional foods (like bacon or grits) would have to be purchased to supplement the meal.

Most people have an egg preference (scrambled, fried, etc) and with getting ready for school and work (with one bathroom), I don't think Florida or Thelma would have had time to fix everyone's eggs the way they liked them. You can put oatmeal in a pot and do other things while it cooks, but you have to watch eggs or they will overcook.

The families on "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie" were broke too, but they had an advantage over the Evans because they lived on farms and didn't have to buy milk and eggs.

I really think oatmeal was chosen though because it gives the kids something to complain and tease Thelma about.


Eggs are a pain in the butt to clean up after ! And nobody wants to just eat eggs alone. Have to have some sausage or bacon too. That would require lots of pans that get really greasy! :( Oatmeal would be easier to prepare and to clean up after, ;)

Eggs are a pain in the butt to clean up after ! And nobody wants to just eat eggs alone. Have to have some sausage or bacon too. That would require lots of pans that get really greasy! :( Oatmeal would be easier to prepare and to clean up after, ;)


eggs and home fries

a bulk bag of oatmeal is way cheaper than eggs or potatoes, that's probably why they had enough left over to have a halfway decent dinner occasionally

a bulk bag of oatmeal is way cheaper than eggs or potatoes, that's probably why they had enough left over to have a halfway decent dinner occasionally

They didn't have to buy eggs every week lol