Acorn: Processing and Preparing the Forgotten Food Free Chapter

[GruntUSMC]

lived in the upper midwest and never saw anywhere near that size. Squirrels must be the size of raccoons.

[kezkn]

Nothing can beat the older documentaries. Enjoyed it while gaining knowledge, thank you !!!

[romanbrough]

Took me a few days. Changed the water every day.
They tasted like raw peanuts. Didn't do any harm. Also tried nettles. They tasted like spinach.

[mdinunzio]

Im not even sure why im watching this, we don't even have acorns where I live lol

[fracturedhearts]

Wow! Those are the biggest acorns I have ever seen...

[booper]

Fascinating! I grew up thinking they were inedible. Man these are HUGE!!!!

[pacervault]

Those look more like potatoes than any acorn I've ever seen!

[terricovill]

I live in West central Wisconsin and the acorns were HUGE, but I've never seen acorns as big as the ones in your video! Where on earth do you

[deanowexford]

"If you find a live weevil, fry it up." -- hard core!!

[bluegold]

A very good video. Lots of information. As far back as I can remember, I have never tasted acrons, but I would like to some day.

[Silmerano]

I remember reading somewhere that Native Americans would sit a basket of acorns in a clean flowing stream. I assume this was to remove the tannic acid.

[chuckfox]

True story: My recommended list has this video right next to a snobby British guy talking about how millionaires customize their Rolls Royces.








At least Youtube got this one right for me.

[k.b.]

As per an anthropology course I took at CCNY, there were Sacramento Indians (CA). They were told to move one day. The army/Calvary came back to move them. Every trace of this tribe was gone...they supposedly were never seen again. This tribe worshiped the acorn, ate it, etc. The acorn to them supposedly represented life. Their houses had a 15' -20' diameter roof supported by vertical poles around the circumference & in the center, no walls. The roof was peaked at the center.
I've tried to research the Sacramento Tribe but cannot find anything about them.

[turtletracks]

Really Nice description. I never knew about the outer bitter covering. Some nice tips! Now you've got me thinking about ordering the DVD.

[defaultaccount]

Holy CRAP!!! Those are the biggest acorns I've ever seen! (Southern California Native).

[semco]

I live in Arkansas and we have red and white oak trees on our property and the deer and squirrels love them and I only tried eating them once and the bitter taste stopped me from eating any more. We also have hickory and black walnut trees and when growing up ate plenty of them and since retiring have thought of eating them again since we have so many trees and plenty of nuts on them. I will try eating the acorns again and this time make sure only the good part is kept and thanks for sharing this information on how to save them.

[owlthepirate]

I never knew there were bigger acorns, out there!! I thought they were all "squirrel size"! And did not know, you could make flour, out of acorns...I would actually pay, to try this, as I alas, don't have the patience to do something like this, lol!

[bjornbjorn]

nice video. My problem living in Denmark is that it is allmost impossible to find a clean stream, so i dont know hov to do the detanning.

[ZenZaBill]

Two things stand out for me: 1- those are some huge nuts. 2- I did a double-take on those plates... I have the same set -- Corelle -- and it's a discontinued pattern. And FWIW, I actually collected some acorns this fine October afternoon.

[garygrow]

I am a senior gent that grew up in Arkansas. I was never able to get past the first bite of an acorn due to the awful bitter taste. I often wondered how animals could eat them.
Interesting video.