Your Next Bowl of Oatmeal May Be Free

Complimentary oatmeal and “energy smoothies” will be available next tomorrow morning in Times Square from 7-10:30. Oprah’s former personal chef Art Smith will be doling out oatmeal personally from 7-8 a.m.; the hot breakfast stunt, taking place smack dab in the middle of Times Square, is being held to announce the formation of a new “end childhood hunger” campaign. The Quaker Oats Co. is teaming up with Smith and organization Share Our Strength for something called the “Go Project,” which will be introduced next week with the tagline “Go Humans Go,” which sounds something like a weird radio telescope pep rally cry from outer space. On Monday, bring a piece of non-perishable food to the oatmeal bonanza; a food drive is also taking place at the event.

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By Hugh Merwin in Food on March 8, 2009 5:35 PM

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Clarice City

Times square + free food = soup kitchen

Felix Hoenikker

That's a lot of roughage and coffee will likely be served. Will there be porta-jons?

freddynyc

Does that mean I can bring along a Twinkie...?

NannyState

Dude, it's Times Square...bring along an extra two twinks.

Snoopy

"bring a piece of non-perishable food" Do they mean like a Big Mac with a supersized order of fries, or something that doesn't have quite that longevity? I know beer can go bad in a few months, but how about a tall cardboard gallon box of Thunderbird or Twister?

I thought they stopped selling that Quaker Oats oatmeal back in the late thirties. That's when the kids would build their own toys from the left over tubular carton.