Oatmeal Emergency

[Peter Panic]

I need to cook 15 cups of quaker oats old-fashioned rolled oats oatmeal early tomorrow morning.
The directions call for one cup of water per half cup of oats, and then one and three-quarter cup of water for one cup of oats.
If this ratio continues by 15 cups I’ll have no water.
What do?

 

[Peter Panic]

You see what I mean?
The oats go up all the water goes down!
Please help

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I think you're not reading it correctly.

½ a cup of oats needing 1 cup of water/milk and 1 cup of oats needing 1¾ cups of water/milk just tells me that there is some rounding going on and ½ cup of oats probably only really needs ⅞ths of a cup of water/milk in reality, but the cup measurement system only goes on ¼,⅓,½ and 1 cup intervals.

So I'd take the 15 cups of oats, and add 26-27cups (exact figure would be 26¼ cups) and not worry about being out by a ½ cup or even a whole cup because you won't necessarily want the oats as thick as the instructions anyway. And if it is too thin, just cook it for a bit longer. Too thick and just add some more liquid and make sure it's still warm enough. It really won't affect the oats that much.