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shinylid | 01-05-2009 12:36 AM
Free Food It amazes me the gifts that nature gives us. For the past month or so the oak tree in my yard has been the host of an entire neighborhood of squirrels. Every day I see them gorging themselves on acorns- this year has been a bumper crop. A couple days ago I ate one for the first time. Not too shabby I thought. I was supprised to find that acorns were a Native American staple- to this day also in places like Korea. The Indians would store them for up to two years- works great mixed with corn meal, and healthy. Anyone do any cooking with acorns on here? Think I might go pick some tomorrow and start leaching the tannins out of them.

mick silver | 01-05-2009 12:44 AM
Re: Free Food do not forget the gravy with your squirrel an fried potatoes

Cassandra | 01-05-2009 01:00 AM
Re: Free Food Quote:
Originally Posted by shinylid (Post 1495487) It amazes me the gifts that nature gives us. For the past month or so the oak tree in my yard has been the host of an entire neighborhood of squirrels. Every day I see them gorging themselves on acorns- this year has been a bumper crop. A couple days ago I ate one for the first time. Not too shabby I thought.
Hehehe. I thought you meant that you had eaten a squirrel. Not that uncommon either. We're probably not quite there yet, though.

shinylid | 01-05-2009 01:38 AM
Re: Free Food Squirrel stew is GREEEAT! I meant the acorns though :s9:

Plastic | 01-05-2009 08:09 AM
Re: Free Food Squirrel is a fine meal for sure.

oldmansmith | 01-05-2009 10:29 AM
Re: Free Food I've eaten both, and squirrel beats acorns hands down. The amount of tannic acid in acorns varies greatly (read Gun, Germs and Steel) which is why they were never a horticultural species.

Godcopp | 01-05-2009 06:05 PM
Re: Free Food Took both my children squirrel hunting for the first time this year. It was a right of passage and both learned valuable lessons useful later for hunting and harvesting larger game.

NotTheOne | 01-06-2009 09:02 AM
Re: Free Food You might also look at dandelions. A very nutritious plant. http://plant-species.suite101.com/article.cfm/dandelion Now you have an excuse for not keeping a nice looking lawn.

madfranks | 01-06-2009 09:31 AM
Re: Free Food You still have acorns on the tree? All of mine fell of months ago! Now the squirrels only come by because my daughter likes to throw peanuts at them! But yes, I've eaten a few acorns and they're not bad, but I also pick pine needles off the pine tree to make tea, and my wife thinks I'm crazy.

damoc | 01-06-2009 10:01 AM
Re: Free Food some acorns have more tannin than others for the ones here at the house i boil 3 times then roast, edible right then as a fairly flavorless nut or after they are roasted they can be ground into flour to make rising bread they are normally mixed with wheat flour at about 50/50 ratio.

shinylid | 01-06-2009 10:03 AM
Re: Free Food Yep, still going. It's been a hot winter down here in hell, err, I mean Florida:bear_tongue:. There are still green ones on the tree. I don't know too much about oaks, but last winter the tree lost all it's leaves and didn't produce much for acorns, so I am guessing that this year is likely the major crop. Damn things are everywhere in my yard and driveway. As far as bitterness goes, these ones are not too bad. Been eating a few raw here and there. Too lazy to leach the tannins out, but if things get bad enough who knows.

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