Big Primitive Acorn & Prickly Pear Cookies (episode 3.4)

Acorns were a major food source for native tribes. There are many ways to prepare acorns for immediate use or for future storage. They are nutritious and very abundant in the fall and winter months. In this video I show you a simple way to prepare tasty nutritious acorn cookies that can be eaten immediately or stored for the future.

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Key moments:
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Step one: removing the shell from the acorns
03:30 Burning the shells
04:45 Nap time in my hammock
05:42 Step two: toasting the acorns
07:03 Step three: removing the skins
07:44 Step four: grinding the acorns into flour
10:08 Leaching the acorn flour
11:50 Gathering firewood
12:58 Tasting the ingredients
13:44 Starting an outdoor fire
14:51 Mixing the ingredients into a dough
16:56 Cooking the cookies on a hot plate
18:54 Tasting a freshly made acorn cookie
20:19 Conclusion

[illegallyblonde]

You're not living until you use a cows rib to bake your cookies. No additives, no bs, just clean ingredients. 😊 great video Chad

[ladyofthemasque]

Chad, have you considered growing amaranth? It's usually quite drought tolerant, and was a major staple crop of the Aztecs, who reputedly farmed even more of it than maize. The seeds are edible as a pseudograin similar to quinoa, but even more nutritious as they contain all nine essential amino acids, and the leaves are similar to spinach. Young and tender leaves are best for eating raw, with the older ones cooked through sauteeing, boiling, steaming, and so forth.

[bethsuter]

West of Albany New York, we at the Iroquois Museum found a butternut processing site, including an in situ backpack basket filled with them. Four of the most exquisite stone tools I’ve ever seen were at the top of the basket. Radiocarbon date was 2000 BCE. We also found a lap anvil and five nutting stones. No one has ever found a basket in New York (and probably not even anywhere in New England), and the only reason it was preserved, was because, over four millennia, the Schoharie Creek flooded into the basket and their tannic acid is preserved the basket.

[alialmahanawi]

Attractive nature, calm and tranquility away from disturbance and psychological anxiety. Thanks a lot Chad for your time and efforts 🙏

[Evil_God]

this man is not just Chad, he is a real GigaChad.

[AA]

Keep it up Chad, you are an amazing person. I have been able to adapt to this harsh and primitive life. Your food and drinks are made from nature without the need for modern things like canned goods and other things. You are truly an amazing person, thanks 🙏

[noway]

Is there no end to this man talents?! And where does he find the time?!
Another great storyteller video Chad

[Rabemill]

One of the few things that I enjoy watching

[maxon]

Просматривая такие видео, мне всегда хочется есть 😅 Что может быть лучше, чем пища в дикой природе ? 🙏🏻

[lyonmandan]

Ground up acorn shells could make an excellent soil conditioner. Especially in heavy clay soil this allows oxygen to get to the roots of plants.

[lindaseel]

Those cookies look really good. The Orange fruit seems very moist. I like the Manzanita. Not only does it provide food, but the flowers are beautiful!

[clueless]

Does the sweater mostly feel like cloth or does it have more of a dry grass feel to it, do you sometimes feel the hair in the fiber?

[TSOAW]

Твоє життя дуже цікаве.Обожнюю коли ви щось готуєте або рибалете.Привіт з Котельви 🇺🇦

[bradlafferty]

Now that’s what I call Slow Food cooking! My mouth was actually watering. Thanks for another great video, Chad.

[kaitlynlsari]

Now that was a cool episode, what an incredible amount work went into this. Great work thank you Chad, this was really interesting

[artifactsantlersoh]

This might be the single best channel on all of YouTube. Dedication at its finest. thank you so much for taking us along and showing us your craft.

[dosenpfaendle]

Must be a great feeling, enjoying your food after days of preparing.

[Jaymunnie]

You're onto something now Chad. If you can procure a source of fat and salt, you will be able to make basic unleavened bread from the acorn flour you process. Flour is a vital component in baking and cooking in general. Cookies are the first step towards creating and maintaining a portable food source that you can take with you on long trips. Another food source which utilizes flour and water at a ratio of 2:1 A.K.A. hard tack can also be taken and stored for long periods of time; up to a year in fact, if stored properly.

[BushcraftTexas]

Those look AMAZING! With prickly pear and fruits coming in now I’ll have to dry some fruit and this fall collect acorns and mimic what you’ve done in this video. Awesome job my friend!!!

[felipevergarac]

Dear Chad, I like to watch your videos because they are relaxing, it relaxes me to see what the landscape is like, your routine, nature, etc. Excellent channel, excellent content, success! 💪💪