acorns?

[Greg]

hey all i was wondering if acorns are edible i've heard that they are and aslo that there not. was hoping that you guys could help thanks! ~Greg

[teamhoytpa]

haha.....they taste terrible so even if they ARE edible you can bet i won't be eating them

I've often times popped them in my mouth when hunting and accidently cracked the shell. Very dry and bitter tasting.

[schilcott]

if you soak then in cod water for a couple days to get the tannins out they are good. otherwise they are bitter

[hillbilly]

if ya wanna try some nuts, get some shagbark hickories or mockernut hickories, they are very good. It was just in some magazine not to long ago, might have been indiana game and fish.
Acorns= bitter as quienine. I believe old timers claimed red acorns(from red oaks) were toxic, but wether its true or not, i dunno.

Hillbilly

[Greg]

thanks guys

[bigpat]

Supposedly white oak acorns are good. Red oaks are horrible.

[mike692]

White oak acorns are better, but still bitter. These guys are right about soaking them. The tannins are what makes them bitter, repeated soaking makes them edible.

[Greg]

thanks yee

[bigpat]

I've also heard that the white oak acorns are better after you get a couple good frosts.

[mike692]

There was an article in an old issue of FFG about wild edibles, and surviving in the wilderness while trapping for a living. I think John....or James Churchill was the author? Anyway, it mentioned leeching acorns, drying them, and making flour from them. Very interesting!

[mike692]

Found this online;


www.selfsufficientish.com/acorns.htm