Tip...if you plan to gather more acorns in the same area later on, don't pitch your bad ones back on the same area. :) Bag them or discard in a known 'bad nut' area.
I've always meant to process acorns, but I never set aside enough time! I'll have to make it a priority next fall. Can't wait for the rest of the videos in the series!
Definitely! I’m looking forward to living at my new place which will allow for much more room for such projects. This year I lucked out with having some oak trees close by that were extremely prolific which makes things a bit easier. :D best of luck with the harvest and I can’t wait to get to show the next parts!
Do they have to be completely dry if you are going to soak them right after to remove tannins? I know this is for storage. Wondering because I didn’t see this video before I blended them and soaked them already. Lol. I started with part 3
Is it possible to skip the initial drying stage, and just put more effort into shelling them same day and go right into the leaching stage? I am in a dorm so the dehydrators I can afford have proved impractical/too loud, but I don’t mind putting extra effort in or processing right away
Great video thank you 😊 I was wondering if after dehydrating the acorns for long term storage could you shell and vacuum pack them vs putting in the basket? Appreciate your input have a great day and keep foraging 🍁🍂🌻✌
@@FeralForaging Many thanks 😊 I'll give it a go. Made some acorn flour the other day and made some crackers 😋 added some sesame and poppy seeds yum ....
I tried something else today while harvesting my acorns... since its on my own property I filled a 5 gallon pail half way with water and put my new acorns in as I went removing any floaters and continued on my way. Hope this helps save a bit of time and might prevent carrying back bad acorns . Happy gathering 🍁🍂🌻
If making bread, with no plans to store acorns, would it be feasible to shell them before drying, blanch them to remove the papery covering (don't remember what that is called), and then dry them? Or even before drying, grind, leach, and then dry? Just looking for the most efficient way to do this. Mom's don't have a lot of extra time. Lol.
The only issue that you’ll run into is that it is a royal pain to shell acorns before they have dried. Maybe try to dry at least a little bit before cracking? The rest should work! I also wouldn’t worry too much about blanching to remove the covering, in my experience it tends to come off during leaching. That should save some time as well.
I wanted to know this as well! My original plan was to shell them at the park I gathered them, but I suppose I’d be making it harder on myself if I did that😅
As far as I am aware, acorns from any oak tree can be used. Of course, there are considerations such as the size of acorns you’re getting. Super small ones would be a pain to process!
I generally visually check as they are drying, removing ones with acorn weavil holes as I find them. 90% of the bad acorns I get in a harvest are due to acorn weavil.
A lot of the Acorns I have harvested still have green on them. Is that going to be a problem They have fallen off the tree naturally And i've already done Inspection of them winning out the bad ones
Hey! I have questions about drying nuts. I wanted to give foraging a trial run so I recently gathered some acorns; not a substantial amount but enough to experiment with. I have a rather simple dehydrator, and after leaving the acorns in for a few days on the lowest setting (105°F), I now have mostly burnt acorns. They don't smell burnt, but the flesh is dark in color, almost as dark as the shell. #1 Is this, and (any overdried nut) still salvageable? #2 if so, should I rehydrate and blend in a blender to make flour or should I leave them dry and grind in a grinder? Your help is much appreciated 😊 Thank you!
I may not have said explicitly, but basically, “until they’re dry”. Different acorns dry at different rates. In the video I show how to test for dryness to ensure they’re done!
Hi @FeralForaging, I love your video, I just found you. I think this is great ideas to eat acorns; I never seriously considered that they could be eaten. Can you recommend one or more trustworthy sites to look up the exact and correct nutritional values of acorns and other uncommon to eat nuts? I have tried to look this information for acorns but I think because they are uncommon to use for food complete and reliable information about them is scarce. I feel that the official wikipedia page for acorns is incomplete, though it does contain some information. Im interested in knowing the data for weight content and calories per 100g for Protein, Carbohydrates (as minimum specified by sugars + non-sugars but preferably the exact specifications of each sugar type and their weight, fructose, glucose, sucrose etc), Fats (specified by the different types of fatty acids: saturated, monosaturated, polysaturated, n-3, n-6) and if possible specifications for aminoacids and sterols (phytosterols).
This is what I've used in the past -> fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170157/nutrients I don't think there is a lot of data on this unfortunately.
I harvested acorns twice. The first time I put them in the dehydrator after waiting 2 weeks for them to dry in the sun. The dehydrator was too hot because after a couple of days they were all dark brown inside. I tossed those. Attempt #2 I set the dehydrator to 95 (the lowest setting). Our dehydrator looked like an older version of yours. I tested several times and they were still rubbery. After a couple of days, they were finally dry, but the color was again dark throughout. Do I have to toss these too? They do not look the same light color as yours after drying. Each attempt was with acorns of a different variety of oak, but they all did the same thing. I can't even think of starting over again or what I could change. Help!!
If you dont leech them they will have to high a concentration of tannins to be eaten safely. People can handle small amounts of tannins with no problem. Many foods you normaly eat have small amounts of tannins. Acorns usually have too much. The test of when you have leeched them out enough is if it is bitter.
I wouldn’t do it that way. It’s very difficult to quickly remove acorns from their shells if they aren’t dry, that’s why it occurs in this step. Don’t worry, they’ll be leached in Part 3 and then dried!
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Part 2 has now been released! You can find it here - th-cam.com/video/OS7mtRWXXDs/w-d-xo.html
Tip...if you plan to gather more acorns in the same area later on, don't pitch your bad ones back on the same area. :) Bag them or discard in a known 'bad nut' area.
Great tip!
Smart idea. I have a “bad nut” area in my room as well🦠🪣🧴
I've found this to be the fastest way to harvest acorns without special equipment. What's your method of harvesting or drying acorns? Let me know!
I've always meant to process acorns, but I never set aside enough time! I'll have to make it a priority next fall. Can't wait for the rest of the videos in the series!
Definitely! I’m looking forward to living at my new place which will allow for much more room for such projects. This year I lucked out with having some oak trees close by that were extremely prolific which makes things a bit easier. :D best of luck with the harvest and I can’t wait to get to show the next parts!
This is fabulous, you are really good at explaining things and structuring the video so it is easy to follow!
Thank you so much!
Just found your channel!! Loving it My deep gratitude for your hard work.. thank you for sharing this wonderful knowledge ❤
Super cool video and quite informative on each step and the techniques which worked or didn’t. Keep it up!
Will do! Thanks for the feedback. It was really cool to find how poorly water separation worked, I was expecting better.
Do they have to be completely dry if you are going to soak them right after to remove tannins? I know this is for storage. Wondering because I didn’t see this video before I blended them and soaked them already. Lol. I started with part 3
Is it possible to skip the initial drying stage, and just put more effort into shelling them same day and go right into the leaching stage? I am in a dorm so the dehydrators I can afford have proved impractical/too loud, but I don’t mind putting extra effort in or processing right away
I have been successful with making acorn flour without the drying step.
Can I pick them off the tree? Do they need to have turned brown first?, or are green ones okay?
This channel is so cool!!
Collected acorns and tried to dry them on newspapers. Didn't work - they all got moldy. Will use dehydrator next time as in your video.
Thank you
Great video thank you 😊 I was wondering if after dehydrating the acorns for long term storage could you shell and vacuum pack them vs putting in the basket? Appreciate your input have a great day and keep foraging 🍁🍂🌻✌
I haven't tried, but I think that would be fine!
@@FeralForaging Many thanks 😊 I'll give it a go. Made some acorn flour the other day and made some crackers 😋 added some sesame and poppy seeds yum ....
I tried something else today while harvesting my acorns... since its on my own property I filled a 5 gallon pail half way with water and put my new acorns in as I went removing any floaters and continued on my way. Hope this helps save a bit of time and might prevent carrying back bad acorns . Happy gathering 🍁🍂🌻
If making bread, with no plans to store acorns, would it be feasible to shell them before drying, blanch them to remove the papery covering (don't remember what that is called), and then dry them? Or even before drying, grind, leach, and then dry? Just looking for the most efficient way to do this. Mom's don't have a lot of extra time. Lol.
The only issue that you’ll run into is that it is a royal pain to shell acorns before they have dried. Maybe try to dry at least a little bit before cracking? The rest should work! I also wouldn’t worry too much about blanching to remove the covering, in my experience it tends to come off during leaching. That should save some time as well.
I wanted to know this as well! My original plan was to shell them at the park I gathered them, but I suppose I’d be making it harder on myself if I did that😅
I found a 5 gallon bucke FULL of acorns in thd house i live in. Ive been here for 6 yrs already, so would it still be usable?
A lot of oak species produce acorns, which species can we use to make acorn bread?
As far as I am aware, acorns from any oak tree can be used. Of course, there are considerations such as the size of acorns you’re getting. Super small ones would be a pain to process!
All of them! Some just have more or less tannins and need different leaching times
Nice music btw! 😊
Could you dry them in a basket that hangs in an herb drying room? Or do they have to be dried in a single layer?
@Feral Foraging So what method would you use to determine good nuts from the bad ones? Would you crack and shell them first and then let them dry?
I generally visually check as they are drying, removing ones with acorn weavil holes as I find them. 90% of the bad acorns I get in a harvest are due to acorn weavil.
@@FeralForaging Thanks
A lot of the Acorns I have harvested still have green on them. Is that going to be a problem They have fallen off the tree naturally And i've already done Inspection of them winning out the bad ones
i have an airfryer with a dehydrating setting, will that work?
Hey! I have questions about drying nuts. I wanted to give foraging a trial run so I recently gathered some acorns; not a substantial amount but enough to experiment with. I have a rather simple dehydrator, and after leaving the acorns in for a few days on the lowest setting (105°F), I now have mostly burnt acorns. They don't smell burnt, but the flesh is dark in color, almost as dark as the shell. #1 Is this, and (any overdried nut) still salvageable? #2 if so, should I rehydrate and blend in a blender to make flour or should I leave them dry and grind in a grinder? Your help is much appreciated 😊 Thank you!
It is salvageable, but needs to be leached.
@@FeralForaging thank you 😊
Can all acorns be prepared in this manner?
Yes, every member of the genus Quercus (Oaks).
How long did you leave them in the dehydrator? I heard them temps but not complete length of time.
I may not have said explicitly, but basically, “until they’re dry”. Different acorns dry at different rates. In the video I show how to test for dryness to ensure they’re done!
Hi @FeralForaging, I love your video, I just found you. I think this is great ideas to eat acorns; I never seriously considered that they could be eaten. Can you recommend one or more trustworthy sites to look up the exact and correct nutritional values of acorns and other uncommon to eat nuts? I have tried to look this information for acorns but I think because they are uncommon to use for food complete and reliable information about them is scarce. I feel that the official wikipedia page for acorns is incomplete, though it does contain some information.
Im interested in knowing the data for weight content and calories per 100g for Protein, Carbohydrates (as minimum specified by sugars + non-sugars but preferably the exact specifications of each sugar type and their weight, fructose, glucose, sucrose etc), Fats (specified by the different types of fatty acids: saturated, monosaturated, polysaturated, n-3, n-6) and if possible specifications for aminoacids and sterols (phytosterols).
This is what I've used in the past -> fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170157/nutrients
I don't think there is a lot of data on this unfortunately.
How did you gather them in 10-20 min
If they have brown spots on the inside is the meat no good? It’s not bugs it’s like a bruise?
Spots I’d be concerned. Just coloration is usually fine.
Question couldn't you just do the water test right away without the visual inspection?
I harvested acorns twice. The first time I put them in the dehydrator after waiting 2 weeks for them to dry in the sun. The dehydrator was too hot because after a couple of days they were all dark brown inside. I tossed those. Attempt #2 I set the dehydrator to 95 (the lowest setting). Our dehydrator looked like an older version of yours. I tested several times and they were still rubbery. After a couple of days, they were finally dry, but the color was again dark throughout. Do I have to toss these too? They do not look the same light color as yours after drying. Each attempt was with acorns of a different variety of oak, but they all did the same thing. I can't even think of starting over again or what I could change. Help!!
The dark color is fine! I get these too if I dehydrate at 95F.
If there getting blended in water for flour anyhow why dry the first step?
Should we sort out acorns that are growing a little tail on them?😅 autumn has been warm here
Small "tails" aren't a problem! I've made flour with early stage sprouts before.
Why do you dry them before you leech them?
Preservation and easy cracking
where is the part 3 video?
In production!
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I've always heard that acorns a toxic
If you dont leech them they will have to high a concentration of tannins to be eaten safely. People can handle small amounts of tannins with no problem. Many foods you normaly eat have small amounts of tannins. Acorns usually have too much. The test of when you have leeched them out enough is if it is bitter.
People should bred a new breed of this delicious nuts , something like peanut & less tannic
What about tannin? you need to soak them for a week, change water several times to remove it.
What you are showing is not safe.
You’ll notice that this is only part 1, harvest and storage. Leaching is in part 3 which I am editing right now.
@@FeralForaging remove shells, leach to remove tannin, the last - drying
I wouldn’t do it that way. It’s very difficult to quickly remove acorns from their shells if they aren’t dry, that’s why it occurs in this step. Don’t worry, they’ll be leached in Part 3 and then dried!
TIL that trees have abortions. Humans really are weird about a lot of apparently very natural things.
How much bread you going to make there is enough to make at least 8 lofes