How to Use Acorns for Food

Thứ bảy - 27/04/2024 01:12
Like many other true nuts, acorns are an excellent source of food, and they provided people with a wealth of health and food recipe ideas in earlier times. Today, they're still in fashion as a food, and rightly so, because they're filled...
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Like many other true nuts, acorns are an excellent source of food, and they provided people with a wealth of health and food recipe ideas in earlier times. Today, they're still in fashion as a food, and rightly so, because they're filled with B vitamins, protein, little fat, and they're a decent complex carbohydrate, and are good for controlling blood sugar levels.[1] Every species of acorn is edible, but some taste better than others. However, it is very important you do not eat them raw; in order to not eat acorns that are bitter-tasting and toxic, you'll need to process them first. Here are directions and some suggestions about how to use acorns as food.

Method 1
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Processing Acorns to Eat

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Method 2
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Using Acorns in Recipes

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Warnings

  • Holes indicate worm infestations and blackened or dusty-looking/mildewy acorns should be avoided.
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  • To collect only good, sound acorns: sit under the tree like the Native Americans, picking up acorns, making sure to put holey ones into a trash container, or you will be picking them up again. And again... Keep the acorns of one tree (or at least one kind of oak tree) separate from other kinds. When you are done gathering, pitch the acorns into a bucket of water and skim off anything that floats. Put the skimmings into your compost; or better yet, dry and burn them since many of the floaters contain worms that are working on burrowing their way out; this is why they float. Fewer worms mean fewer adults to lay eggs and more edible acorns! The acorns that do not float are good. If they are green, keep them in a dry, shaded place until they turn brown.
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Things You'll Need

  • Hot water
  • Leaching containers
  • Roaster, oven
  • Grinder

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