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hidesome
08-31-2008, 09:41 PM
Every make flour or other food items from them?
jessiehannan
08-31-2008, 09:42 PM
No, but DS likes to eat them.
hidesome
08-31-2008, 09:52 PM
I've read (but I do not believe) that over the course of human history more food has been derived from acorns than from rice, corn or wheat. We have a bazillion of 'em.
jessiehannan
08-31-2008, 10:18 PM
I tell DS that he is not a starving Indian, and that we have more tasty things to eat in the fridge. I went through a phase when I was 8 or 9 where I ate them too. They taste kind of bitter.
vulturemom
08-31-2008, 10:19 PM
For some reason I thought they were poisonous. Maybe because my Mom always told me they were and in this one instance I listened to her.
hidesome
08-31-2008, 11:04 PM
I tell DS that he is not a starving Indian, and that we have more tasty things to eat in the fridge. I went through a phase when I was 8 or 9 where I ate them too. They taste kind of bitter.

You have to boil the tannins out to make them edible. Funny, I tell my boys you may want something to eat someday and these are better than what is in the fridge anyway. Native Americans rarely starved until the Europeans showed up.

You should see the wild raspberry jam we made this year. It is to die for.
JudyJudyJudy
08-31-2008, 11:13 PM
I've heard of doing it, but I've never tried it.
MiMi_of_4
08-31-2008, 11:31 PM
Have you read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George? It's been a long time since I've read it, but I'm pretty sure Sam (the young boy who is the main character) made flour out of acorns. My 4th graders loved this book, as well as Julie of the Wolves, which is set in Alaska. They both chronicle the adventures of youngsters surviving on their own, so if you've not read one or the other, I highly recommend them.
hidesome
09-01-2008, 08:29 AM
Have you read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George? It's been a long time since I've read it, but I'm pretty sure Sam (the young boy who is the main character) made flour out of acorns. My 4th graders loved this book, as well as Julie of the Wolves, which is set in Alaska. They both chronicle the adventures of youngsters surviving on their own, so if you've not read one or the other, I highly recommend them.

Yes, that book is what has started the interest in my 7yr old.