Ya - I agree I got the expanded Food Companion last week and was checking out the hot cereal section - seems the US version of instant Quaker Oats is core, while the Canadian version is not? Not sure why - unless there are different ingredients? (altho they are both the plain version?).
I don't really binge on oatmeal and have a single packet probably 4-5 times per week for breakfast so not a big deal - I have also used it a couple of times in ground beef recipes which call for breadcrumbs.....1 packet again - seems to work just fine!
I wish they would explain why they make these changes? When I got this book I went thru all the soups and was excited to see many of my favorites were core (e.g. Campbell's vegetable vegetarian) - now it seems this has been deleted from the list (and I never even had a chance to have some!).
Frouf