what's quaker about quaker oats?

it's 89.1 F
a nice breeze under the fan.
10pm-ish.
still quiet in colombo.

my french colleague asked me today to tell him about Quakers. i did. He found it all very interesting. then he asked if there was a connection between Quakers and Quaker Oats.......hmmm.


Anyone out there know what's quaker about quaker oats?