We just cooked up a batch of threshed, whole oats and they turned out wonderfully! I think I was nervous about it because there are still remnants of the hull on most of the groats. We didn't really notice them after cooking. Thank you everyone. The whole steel cutting thing... Hire a bunch of oat ferries with miniature steel Ginsu knives to cut up your oats!? I'm still curious how it is done but I'll be eating mine after threshing and without further processing.