Yes, I have. Some of them can be bitter. The secret is to soak them in water, then dry them. They can be tasty. Never tried it (didn't think of it at the time), but I would guess that butter on them would be good.
Never have. A colleague of my dad’s got into living history upon retirement. He did a Coastal(California) Indian diet and prepared a lot of acorns for his meals. He found that taking them home and putting them in his toilet tank for a certain amount of time(I forget the duration) leached out the tannins and made them palatable.
The indians out here in the Wild West used to eat them from the California Live Oak, an evergreen oak tree. Find a stand of older growth Live Oaks, and you'll likely find boulders nearby with indentations in them where the indians would grind the acorns down to meal. As for myself, I've never had the opportunity to try them.
Not yet. My mother told me about going acorn scrounging with her mum and granny to stave off hunger 1946-47....those days may return.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have. Some of them can be bitter. The secret is to soak them in water, then dry them. They can be tasty. Never tried it (didn't think of it at the time), but I would guess that butter on them would be good.
ReplyDeleteThe chickens love acorns as well.
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Never have. A colleague of my dad’s got into living history upon retirement. He did a Coastal(California) Indian diet and prepared a lot of acorns for his meals. He found that taking them home and putting them in his toilet tank for a certain amount of time(I forget the duration) leached out the tannins and made them palatable.
ReplyDeleteThe indians out here in the Wild West used to eat them from the California Live Oak, an evergreen oak tree. Find a stand of older growth Live Oaks, and you'll likely find boulders nearby with indentations in them where the indians would grind the acorns down to meal. As for myself, I've never had the opportunity to try them.
ReplyDeleteI"d have to check my Euell Gibbons survival book..
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