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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Acorn recipies
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 02:58:25 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 02:58:25 1985
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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?
> 
> (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..."

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