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From: booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Acorn recipies
Message-ID: <969@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 21:44:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 21:44:14 1985
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In article <1229@decwrl.UUCP> hersh@louie.DEC (Harry Hersh	- Dtn 279-6718) writes:
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>Are acorns, in any form, edible? Squirrels and chipmunks eat them, but 
>can humans? Are there any culinary treats containing acorns?
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>(The entry with the best recipe may have half the acorns on my front lawn. 
>The runner-up may have the other half.)
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Yes, Harry, there is a use for acorns. The Ohlone Indians of the Bay Area
(Union City type area) as well as other tribes here and there used to make
acorn flour. A cherokee lady I had as a teacher gave us some. It MUST
be cooked, it tastes yicky raw and may be toxic in reasonable quantities.
(I had a fingertip full) Consult your local American Indian Friendship
Center for recipes.

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