Can you eat an acorn?!


Question: Can you eat an acorn!?
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i'd say yeah, but if you do be careful, i watched a show about squirrels and other chisel teethed animals and they said one of the acorns (white oak and red oak) is poisonous if eaten right away and the squirrels know which ones to bury and eat after the winter, i forget which one is safe to eat right away Www@FoodAQ@Com

White settlers, of course, never learned to tap the rich store of nutrients contained in these kernels (perhaps because they had no patience for the laborious grinding and leaching processes that were necessary to make the nuggets edible), and-as a result-acorns (as food for humans) went out of style in the U!.S!. around the turn of the century!.

And yet-appreciated by modern man or not-acorns (millions of tons of them each year) go on growing and dropping to the ground !. !. !. not just in California (where the shiny kernels are so plentiful in the fall that the natural population of jays, squirrels, and chipmunks can't even begin to eat them all), but in the rest of the country, too!. What a shame more people don't recognize this yearly bumper crop for the excellent source of nutrition that it is!

You can take advantage of some of this free bounty for yourself!. It's a simple matter to harvest a season's supply of acorns, process them into a coarse, meal-like flour, and adapt the flour to your favorite bread, muffin, and cake recipes!. acorn-meal dishes are so rewarding (in taste, nutrition, and sheer fun)Www@FoodAQ@Com

I did once when I was little cause I saw a squirrel do it but there nasty trust me don't eat acorns squirrels just try and trick you and make them look good!.!.!. then when you eat it they laugh at you and throws sticks from high trees so you can smack em back <_<Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yeah they're edible, but they probably aren't that good for your stomach!. Don't eat the cap or the outer shell either!. I've never tasted one, but it's not something I would recomend!.

Try walnuts instead!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

you can but i wouldnt recommend it unless you are starving!. (well if you are starving you will pretty much eat anything) Www@FoodAQ@Com

I read a book once that said the Indians made acorn meal, I really don't raw intake of acorns would be very healthy and could even poison you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, but they are bitter!.

Look at this question for more info:

http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index!?!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

There is a dude that ate a helicopter once!. I think you can eat an acorn!. Or did you mean "should you"!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, grind them to powder(like flour) and use them to bake or what ever you would use flour for!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes but you would probably only like the one from the white oak!.It has a sweet taste!. The one from the red oak is bitter!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You could eat an acorn but it will taste bad!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

if squirrels can!.!.!.then you canWww@FoodAQ@Com

personally ive never done it

but squirrels do so probablyWww@FoodAQ@Com

it'd be very hard to digest!.!.!.just ask a squirrelWww@FoodAQ@Com

Try it, I suggest roasting it first!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not sure!. Try it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think so!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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