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From: seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian)
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Subject: Re: Acorn recipies
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 09:39:39 EST
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	Acorns are filled with tannin and other stuff that makes them
very bitter. I guess the squirrels and chipmunks don't mind. You can
eat acorns but first you have to leach out the tannin. American
Indians used acorns extensively. Walking through an oak forest, you
know why. There are tons of the little buggers.
	If you're really interested in using them, look in a wild
foods cookbook (by Euell Gibbons, for instance - don't worry, he didn't
die of acorn poisoning :-)). I'm sure it's a lot of work to make
them edible. You have to peel them, leach out the tannin and then
mash them up. I think I've seen recipes for bread using acorns, but
I may be wrong. It's been a while since I saw this information.

Sharon Badian
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