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From: bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer)
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Subject: Re: Re: Acorn recipies
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 00:31:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  8 00:31:47 1985
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> 
> 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.

Jeff is generally pretty well informed, so I'm not picking an argument, but
I can testify from first hand experience that at least small numbers of acorns
can be eaten as obtained from at least one kind of oak tree with no ill effects.
I found this one out while a student in Bozeman, Mt.  Somebody made a present
to the group I was living with of a large assortment of mixed nuts in the
shell plus some acorns which they insisted were really good.  They were
right, actually.  I was surprised to find that I preferred the flavor of
the acorns to several of the types of nuts present.  The folks that refused
to eat the acorns didn't know what they were missing.  OINK!!!

Please DON'T take this as liscence to go out in the woods and gobble down
acorns off the first oak you come to.  For all I know, SOME types might
be poisonous, or I might be lucky.  I'd do a bit of research before I
went to gather the things wild.

Bob McQueer
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