So that's the difference between steel-cut and rolled oats

Though you wouldn't know it from my food diary this week, oatmeal is kind of a staple for me. It's cheap, it's healthy, and it's easy to measure!
Because I eat whole rolled oats, I've generally felt pretty good about my oat habit. However, part of me has been wondering lately what "steel cut" oats were all about. They're always staring back at me when I grab the old school rolled oats. Their uneven appearance suggests they might be healthier, right? And especially given how bad I've been with fruits and vegetables lately, any way to get more fiber is of interest.
But tonight I read a post that suggests there is no nutritional difference between rolled and steel cut oats. The author readily admits to not being the definitive last word on the subject, but I still feel I have a way better idea what the heck steel cut oats are all about.

Steel-cut oats are the less processed version of the oats we’re more familiar with, rolled oats... While rolled oats are just as much a whole grain as steel-cut, they have been steamed, flattened, steamed again and then toasted dry. A steel-cut oat is simply cut into three or four pieces and then dried. Some people say the rolled oat, being more processed, has less nutrition and less flavor than the steel-cut variety, but I haven’t found any conclusive proof of that (in three minutes of googling)...steel-cut oats take much, much longer to cook than rolled oats. It can take steel cut oats up to 40 minutes to cook, compared to rolled oats which finish up in a mere 5 minutes. Steel-cut retain their texture better after cooking, resulting in a chewier breakfast than standard rolled oats provide. Some people who are really into their oats insist that the steel-cut version has a nuttier, fuller flavor.

Check out the rest of the post here. It's a great recipe blog, that though vegan is of interest to anybody looking for inspiration. I'm a lousy cook, and barely ever make things from scratch. But I look at sites like that just to remind me of a wider spectrum of foods. Diets can put you in a rut, remember to look around every once in a while!