Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Acorn recipies Message-ID: <729@rtech.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 02:58:25 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.729 Posted: Wed Nov 6 02:58:25 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 09:34:00 EST References: <1229@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 26 > > Are acorns, in any form, edible? Squirrels and chipmunks eat them, but > can humans? Are there any culinary treats containing acorns? > > (The entry with the best recipe may have half the acorns on my front lawn. > The runner-up may have the other half.) > > /harry hersh/ Acorns were the staple food of many Native American tribes. They are not edible to humans without a lot of processing, though. They contain a poison which must be leached out. One tribe (I don't remember which) accomplished this by grinding the acorns, making a bowl of sand in the ground next to a lake, putting the ground acorns in the bowl, and letting water run through the acorns several times. They would then remove the acorns from the bowl, taking care not to get any sand along with it, and cook it in baskets by throwing hot rocks into the meal. The result was a sort of mush. If I win the contest, please donate the acorns in my name to the local squirrels. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff