Oats (Mobius version) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

The Mobian oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the Mobian common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown on Mobius for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for Mobian consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed.
==Origin==
The wild ancestor of Avena sativa and the closely related minor crop, A. byzantina, is the hexaploid wild oat, A. sterilis. Genetic evidence shows the ancestral forms of A. sterilis grew in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. Oats are usually considered a secondary crop, i.e., derived from a weed of the primary cereal domesticates, then spreading westward into cooler, wetter areas favorable for oats, eventually leading to their domestication in regions of Midesta and Europa.
==Cultivation==
Oats are best grown in temperate regions. They have a lower summer heat requirement and greater tolerance of rain than other cereals, such as wheat, rye, or barley, so they are particularly important in areas with cool, wet summers, such as Northwest Europa and even Icelandia. Oats are an annual plant, and can be planted either in autumn (for late summer harvest) or in the spring (for early autumn harvest).
==Production==
In the first year of King Sonic's rule, global production of Mobian oats was 25 million tonnes (55 billion pounds), led by Canadius and Rus with 18% and 16%, respectively, of the total. Other substantial producers were Pol, Espana, Finlandia, Tralius, and Britannica, each with over 1 million tonnes (2.2 billion pounds).
==Uses==
Oats have numerous uses in foods; most commonly, they are rolled or crushed into oatmeal, or ground into fine oat flour. Oatmeal is chiefly eaten as porridge, but may also be used in a variety of baked goods, such as oatcakes, oatmeal cookies, and oat bread. Oats are also an ingredient in many cold cereals, in particular muesli and granola. Oats are also used for production of milk substitutes ("oat milk").
In Scot, a dish was made by soaking the husks from oats for a week, so the fine, floury part of the meal remained as sediment to be strained off, boiled, and eaten. Oats are also widely used there as a thickener in soups, as barley or rice might be used in other countries on Mobius.
Oats are also commonly used as feed for Pasha horses when extra carbohydrates and the subsequent boost in energy are required. The oat hull may be crushed ("rolled" or "crimped") for the Pasha to more easily digest the grain, or may be fed whole. They may be given alone or as part of a blended food pellet. Cattle are also fed oats, either whole or ground into a coarse flour using a roller mill, burr mill, or hammermill. Oat forage is commonly used to feed all kinds of ruminants, as pasture, straw, hay, or silage.
Winter oats may be grown as an off-season groundcover and ploughed under in the spring as a green fertilizer, or harvested in early summer. They also can be used for pasture; they can be grazed a while, then allowed to head out for grain production, or grazed continuously until other pastures are ready.
Oats are also occasionally used in several different drinks. In Britannica, they are sometimes used for brewing beer. Oatmeal stout is one variety brewed using a percentage of oats for the wort. The more rarely used oat malt is produced by the Thomas Fawcett & Sons Maltings and was used in the Maclay Oat Malt Stout before Maclays Brewery ceased independent brewing operations. Atholl Brose is a traditional Scottish beverage made by steeping oats in whisky and then blending the resulting "brose" with honey and sometimes cream. A cold, sweet drink, called avena in Spanish, made of ground oats and milk, is a popular refreshment throughout Latin Erina. Oatmeal caudle, made of ale and oatmeal with spices, was a traditional Britannican drink.
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