Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site lll-crg.ARpA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!booter 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 Article-I.D.: lll-crg.969 Posted: Tue Nov 5 21:44:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:38:29 EST References: <1229@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards) Organization: Chocoholics Non-Anonymous Lines: 18 In article <1229@decwrl.UUCP> hersh@louie.DEC (Harry Hersh - Dtn 279-6718) writes: > > >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.) > 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. E *****