If I remember correctly, from my Boy Scout's of America handbook, the acorns must be placed in a basket and running water washed through the baskets in a series of washings. Or the acorns must be boiled until the tannin in the acorns are removed. All of this is necessary to get rid of the tannin inorder to make a acorn breadstuff. Tannin can be used to make a remedy for a headache.
I live in West central Wisconsin and the acorns were HUGE, but I've never seen acorns as big as the ones in your video! Where on earth do you live??!!!!!
I remember reading somewhere that Native Americans would sit a basket of acorns in a clean flowing stream. I assume this was to remove the tannic acid.
True story: My recommended list has this video right next to a snobby British guy talking about how millionaires customize their Rolls Royces. At least TH-cam got this one right for me.
As per an anthropology course I took at CCNY, there were Sacramento Indians (CA). They were told to move one day. The army/Calvary came back to move them. Every trace of this tribe was gone...they supposedly were never seen again. This tribe worshiped the acorn, ate it, etc. The acorn to them supposedly represented life. Their houses had a 15' -20' diameter roof supported by vertical poles around the circumference & in the center, no walls. The roof was peaked at the center. I've tried to research the Sacramento Tribe but cannot find anything about them.
Two things stand out for me: 1- those are some huge nuts. 2- I did a double-take on those plates... I have the same set -- Corelle -- and it's a discontinued pattern. And FWIW, I actually collected some acorns this fine October afternoon.
I live in Arkansas and we have red and white oak trees on our property and the deer and squirrels love them and I only tried eating them once and the bitter taste stopped me from eating any more. We also have hickory and black walnut trees and when growing up ate plenty of them and since retiring have thought of eating them again since we have so many trees and plenty of nuts on them. I will try eating the acorns again and this time make sure only the good part is kept and thanks for sharing this information on how to save them.
I am a senior gent that grew up in Arkansas. I was never able to get past the first bite of an acorn due to the awful bitter taste. I often wondered how animals could eat them. Interesting video.
I never knew there were bigger acorns, out there!! I thought they were all "squirrel size"! And did not know, you could make flour, out of acorns...I would actually pay, to try this, as I alas, don't have the patience to do something like this, lol!
There was one tree down the road hat produced these huge white acorns. Then a developer came and clear cut the land to put up a housing development. Now all we have left in the area is small red and white acorns.
You have some HUGE acorns there! What sort of oak tree produces them? Out here in Calif, we use mostly black oak and white oak acorns. We sometimes use the golden oak acorn too, but they are much harder to pound. Water oak acorn are big, like yours, but they don't thicken up into mush on cooking.
Last year I had a bumper crop of white acorns and so I collected a whole bunch. They ended up getting mold so I threw them back out into the yard. Next time I will shell them first. Thanks for the tip!
Several years ago I was visiting in Hoopa, CA...home of the Hupa Native American tribe...they had a big meal spread out at the Firehall and they invited me to attend. One of the ladies bragged about her acorn soup and I would have to have a big bowl of it because it was so good. So, I took a couple large ladles full and proceeded to eat it....I have NEVER tasted anything so AWFUL in my life that was supposed to be so wonderful...I was watching some of the other folks there...they were steering clear of this acorn soup....I could see why....No more of that crap for me! When I felt no one was looking, I scraped the vast majority of the soup into a garbage barrel.
When I was a kid I once tasted an acorn. Never again... In school we were told you can't eat them, only wild boars eat them. Instead of acorns we looked for edible chestnuts and walnuts.
I have been considering extracting oil from acorns with my oil press. In theory, this should help dry out the acorn and leave a very finely broken meat for flour right? or is it more ideal to leave the oil in for the flour?
Acorn flour may be far more nutritious than most store bought flour, but it's not as versatile. There are a surprising number of modern foods that call for flour, which actually require gluten in order for the food to come out right, and acorn flour contains 0% gluten. So, to make any of those foods (pasta and yeast-leavened bread, just to name a couple examples) with acorn flour, you'd need to add either gluten, or some sort of gluten replacer.
Wow, they are so huuge!! Do You know from what specific kind of oak trees they grow? Here in central europe, the biggest acorns are about as big as the fingertip of a thumb - very much smaller than this ones. (I think (no, I know) that I need to grow at least one of those Oak trees in my forest.)
Acorns have so much bitterness that you have to wash out. I had to leave crushed acorns in water for days before they were even remotely palatable. Even if they taste horrible, they can be used for chicken/rabbit feed, and they make excellent fuel because of the oil content.
Each of those acorns is like 10 of the ones here! Not everything is bigger in Texas I guess? I’ve heard these trees call scrub oak, some post oak, they are not the big oaks on tv. These grow sideways sometimes and are curved. Anyway, they produce a lot of acorns, tiny ones.
Wow, those acorn are either gigantic or these people are like 4 feet tall ?! :-) Our acorn are about 1/4 of that size and they are great for feeding it to the pigs and then have sausage, bacon&beans :-) The deer like the acorns as well and we like the deer :-)
During WWII the Germans (who were essentially blockaded by the Royal Navy from importing anything by sea) used a mixture of acorns and chicory to make artificial coffee.
Oh dear. You've opened an old wound. I shouldn't go there, but history is supposed to tell us something? I'm 67. From the age of 6 until 16 I lived on the suburb of a place called Poole in Dorset, England. Dorset you know from 'Far from the madding crowd'. I lived in a place called 'Oakdale'. Why? You ask was it called oakdale? Well. It was an oakdale. Sometime whilst we were there they built a bridge....? It sat there for sometime. One autumn (the fall) bulldozers moved in and obliterated the oaks. As a child I and my friends thought it great fun. The ground was awash with acorns. We filled our pockets. We had acorn fights. It is now a thriving industrial and housing complex. An improvement without a doubt. There is an old Chinese proverb I think. Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
What about other species of acorn (oak) like a englemann oak acorns? I read something that suggested indgenious people camped near these yet hiked a long ways off to harvest some other acorns (forgot which) which maybe explains the all the non engelmann and engelmann hybrids we have In our area that is supposed to be all engelmann oak ....DANG do we get a ton of accorns though! SO many! (we have like 50-100 trees some huge some babies)
Wondered why so bitter as a kid. Would take a bite without removing the brownish covering and just throw away. Ours were so small. Hated landing on them jumping off swing as a kid. Ouch!
What sort of acorns are the ones pictured? The White Oaks in our area of Northern Indiana produce acorns about the size of a quarter at the largest. Most no bigger than a nickel.
I tried eating an acorn as a kid and it was vile. However, we only have English Oak, which produces far smaller acorns. So once processed and baked, what does it taste like?
What kind of 'acorns' are these? The acorns I know are basically just slightly bigger hazelnuts in size. These are three to four times longer than any I've ever seen.
I didn't know we could eat acorns, I always thought they were just squirrel food a bit like some berries are only for the birds. I was always told they will make you sick, so don't eat them.
After removing the shells are you saying you have to wait. Of time to let them dry before you consume them. Can you consume them in a survival situation is soon as they are deshelled
Wow! Those are the biggest acorns I have ever seen...
lived in the upper midwest and never saw anywhere near that size. Squirrels must be the size of raccoons.
Nothing can beat the older documentaries. Enjoyed it while gaining knowledge, thank you !!!
Took me a few days. Changed the water every day.
They tasted like raw peanuts. Didn't do any harm. Also tried nettles. They tasted like spinach.
Those look more like potatoes than any acorn I've ever seen!
Fascinating! I grew up thinking they were inedible. Man these are HUGE!!!!
Im not even sure why im watching this, we don't even have acorns where I live lol
"If you find a live weevil, fry it up." -- hard core!!
A very good video. Lots of information. As far back as I can remember, I have never tasted acrons, but I would like to some day.
If I remember correctly, from my Boy Scout's of America handbook, the acorns must be placed in a basket and running water washed through the baskets in a series of washings. Or the acorns must be boiled until the tannin in the acorns are removed. All of this is necessary to get rid of the tannin inorder to make a acorn breadstuff. Tannin can be used to make a remedy for a headache.
I live in West central Wisconsin and the acorns were HUGE, but I've never seen acorns as big as the ones in your video! Where on earth do you live??!!!!!
I remember reading somewhere that Native Americans would sit a basket of acorns in a clean flowing stream. I assume this was to remove the tannic acid.
True story: My recommended list has this video right next to a snobby British guy talking about how millionaires customize their Rolls Royces.
At least TH-cam got this one right for me.
As per an anthropology course I took at CCNY, there were Sacramento Indians (CA). They were told to move one day. The army/Calvary came back to move them. Every trace of this tribe was gone...they supposedly were never seen again. This tribe worshiped the acorn, ate it, etc. The acorn to them supposedly represented life. Their houses had a 15' -20' diameter roof supported by vertical poles around the circumference & in the center, no walls. The roof was peaked at the center.
I've tried to research the Sacramento Tribe but cannot find anything about them.
Holy CRAP!!! Those are the biggest acorns I've ever seen! (Southern California Native).
Two things stand out for me: 1- those are some huge nuts. 2- I did a double-take on those plates... I have the same set -- Corelle -- and it's a discontinued pattern. And FWIW, I actually collected some acorns this fine October afternoon.
I live in Arkansas and we have red and white oak trees on our property and the deer and squirrels love them and I only tried eating them once and the bitter taste stopped me from eating any more. We also have hickory and black walnut trees and when growing up ate plenty of them and since retiring have thought of eating them again since we have so many trees and plenty of nuts on them. I will try eating the acorns again and this time make sure only the good part is kept and thanks for sharing this information on how to save them.
I am a senior gent that grew up in Arkansas. I was never able to get past the first bite of an acorn due to the awful bitter taste. I often wondered how animals could eat them.
Interesting video.
I never knew there were bigger acorns, out there!! I thought they were all "squirrel size"! And did not know, you could make flour, out of acorns...I would actually pay, to try this, as I alas, don't have the patience to do something like this, lol!
Those are some HUGE acorns. The ones I've seen are about the size of a nickel.
Really Nice description. I never knew about the outer bitter covering. Some nice tips! Now you've got me thinking about ordering the DVD.
Thanks !
I remember trying an acorn as a kid, maybe 4 years old. Spat it out immediately.
nice video. My problem living in Denmark is that it is allmost impossible to find a clean stream, so i dont know hov to do the detanning.
Different oaks produce different flavors of acorn. Some white oak acorns have very little tannin and can be eaten raw.
Thanks mine were bitter and I didnt know why until you told me you have to remove the skin under the shell next years bread will be much better
There was one tree down the road hat produced these huge white acorns. Then a developer came and clear cut the land to put up a housing development. Now all we have left in the area is small red and white acorns.
I've never seen acorns that big!
Good narration and production quality!
Thanks !
I've never seen acorns that size. And "no thanks" to eating fried weevils. I'm not THAT hungry!
Those are some good size acorns!
You have some HUGE acorns there! What sort of oak tree produces them? Out here in Calif, we use mostly black oak and white oak acorns. We sometimes use the golden oak acorn too, but they are much harder to pound. Water oak acorn are big, like yours, but they don't thicken up into mush on cooking.
Last year I had a bumper crop of white acorns and so I collected a whole bunch. They ended up getting mold so I threw them back out into the yard. Next time I will shell them first. Thanks for the tip!
LOL just add the weevils to your stirfry, hahaha.
Several years ago I was visiting in Hoopa, CA...home of the Hupa Native American tribe...they had a big meal spread out at the Firehall and they invited me to attend. One of the ladies bragged about her acorn soup and I would have to have a big bowl of it because it was so good. So, I took a couple large ladles full and proceeded to eat it....I have NEVER tasted anything so AWFUL in my life that was supposed to be so wonderful...I was watching some of the other folks there...they were steering clear of this acorn soup....I could see why....No more of that crap for me! When I felt no one was looking, I scraped the vast majority of the soup into a garbage barrel.
What about using a manual coffee grinder to grind acorns? Would that work?
When I was a kid I once tasted an acorn. Never again... In school we were told you can't eat them, only wild boars eat them. Instead of acorns we looked for edible chestnuts and walnuts.
ten times the size of our acorns!
I wanted test the acorns, but didn’t know to prepare them. Thax film.
I have those exact same plates. Bought new in the late 70s or early 80s. 😊
I have been considering extracting oil from acorns with my oil press. In theory, this should help dry out the acorn and leave a very finely broken meat for flour right? or is it more ideal to leave the oil in for the flour?
Very cool thank you. Those are the biggest acorns I've ever seen
And then how do you eat them?)
They Are Very Delicious Where Can You Buy Them In California? There Was A Lot Of Trees In Mexico. We Called Them bellotas.
I should have watched this two weeks ago... all acorns are under the snow where I live😖
We have acornseverywhere, I never new you could ear them!
They are Huge nuts!! The squirrels Must get those!!
I wonder how acorn powder tastes like. I want to try it one of these days but it's not very easy to find.
I've never seen acorns that huge before.
Acorn flour may be far more nutritious than most store bought flour, but it's not as versatile. There are a surprising number of modern foods that call for flour, which actually require gluten in order for the food to come out right, and acorn flour contains 0% gluten. So, to make any of those foods (pasta and yeast-leavened bread, just to name a couple examples) with acorn flour, you'd need to add either gluten, or some sort of gluten replacer.
WOW. what kind of oak tree are they from? they are huge
Wow, they are so huuge!! Do You know from what specific kind of oak trees they grow?
Here in central europe, the biggest acorns are about as big as the fingertip of a thumb
- very much smaller than this ones.
(I think (no, I know) that I need to grow at least one of those Oak trees in my forest.)
Acorns have so much bitterness that you have to wash out. I had to leave crushed acorns in water for days before they were even remotely palatable. Even if they taste horrible, they can be used for chicken/rabbit feed, and they make excellent fuel because of the oil content.
I have a basket of these but they kept sprouting. I'm going to have to try this! 💐Jen
How about Black Oaks? They have a lot of Tannen.
Each of those acorns is like 10 of the ones here! Not everything is bigger in Texas I guess? I’ve heard these trees call scrub oak, some post oak, they are not the big oaks on tv. These grow sideways sometimes and are curved. Anyway, they produce a lot of acorns, tiny ones.
Holy shit those acorns are enormous.........
I am from Florida we have one of the largest oak trees there is a live oak never seen acorns that big
the acorns I am use to seeing are about the size of a marble WOW
I used to eat raw acorns all the time when I was living in Massachusetts
Wow, those acorn are either gigantic or these people are like 4 feet tall ?! :-) Our acorn are about 1/4 of that size and they are great for feeding it to the pigs and then have sausage, bacon&beans :-) The deer like the acorns as well and we like the deer :-)
This is well made. Thank you.
I am just going to say it, You Guys Are Nuts.
During WWII the Germans (who were essentially blockaded by the Royal Navy from importing anything by sea) used a mixture of acorns and chicory to make artificial coffee.
Eloquently delivered. Brava!
Oh dear. You've opened an old wound. I shouldn't go there, but history is supposed to tell us something?
I'm 67. From the age of 6 until 16 I lived on the suburb of a place called Poole in Dorset, England. Dorset you know from 'Far from the madding crowd'. I lived in a place called 'Oakdale'. Why? You ask was it called oakdale? Well. It was an oakdale. Sometime whilst we were there they built a bridge....? It sat there for sometime. One autumn (the fall) bulldozers moved in and obliterated the oaks. As a child I and my friends thought it great fun. The ground was awash with acorns. We filled our pockets. We had acorn fights. It is now a thriving industrial and housing complex. An improvement without a doubt.
There is an old Chinese proverb I think. Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
I knew they were edible!
Where are these acorns harvested? I'm in Canada. Ive never seen acorns that big.
Question: on what Planet did you collect these acorns and is it possible to ride the Squirrels. that is, if you can capture one with out being killed.
Thank God for the industrial revolution
I remember ice age hahahah nah!!!!🤣🤣🤣
I've never seen acorns anywhere near that large.
i read somewhere that deer will travel for miles to acorn tree its like candy to them dont which acorn it is red ore white oak
Got my order in..thank you!
Thank you sir !
I agree with Wade Wilson, the acorns around here are about the size of a thumbnail, maybe a little larger.
Our UK acorns are very small things only fit for squirrels.
What about other species of acorn (oak) like a englemann oak acorns? I read something that suggested indgenious people camped near these yet hiked a long ways off to harvest some other acorns (forgot which) which maybe explains the all the non engelmann and engelmann hybrids we have In our area that is supposed to be all engelmann oak ....DANG do we get a ton of accorns though! SO many! (we have like 50-100 trees some huge some babies)
Wondered why so bitter as a kid. Would take a bite without removing the brownish covering and just throw away. Ours were so small. Hated landing on them jumping off swing as a kid. Ouch!
Many years ago I read they were toxic so I never understood how the native American Indians ate them, now I know. Thanks for sharing.
What sort of acorns are the ones pictured? The White Oaks in our area of Northern Indiana produce acorns about the size of a quarter at the largest. Most no bigger than a nickel.
Well done!
Can you use live oak acorns. Could pick up lots when we winter in Texas. We pick pecans now, but could pick acorns as well
The squirrels don't need to do this much work..😂😂
Excellent video. But what do you do next. Boil them?
Very good video I cannot help it because I am cracking up and I'm not even being hit on the head with a big stone
Unless a person is starving, this is more trouble than it's worth.
Watching this made my thumbs hurt :/ I enjoyed the video and huge acorns!
i used to eat them raw straight from the shell when i was a kid. Just bite the shell to break it open take out the acorn and eat it. simple.
I tried eating an acorn as a kid and it was vile.
However, we only have English Oak, which produces far smaller acorns.
So once processed and baked, what does it taste like?
Know which UK species of Oak Acorns we can eat?? Your US acorns are huge.
Holly crap, are those from CHERNOBYL? They are huge....
I'm in the UK I've never seen anything so big always thought you couldn't eat them
What kind of 'acorns' are these? The acorns I know are basically just slightly bigger hazelnuts in size. These are three to four times longer than any I've ever seen.
Very helpful video!
I didn't know we could eat acorns, I always thought they were just squirrel food a bit like some berries are only for the birds.
I was always told they will make you sick, so don't eat them.
They are massive acorns
Extremely interesting!
Awesome video.Shalom Bubba
Thanks !!
After removing the shells are you saying you have to wait. Of time to let them dry before you consume them. Can you consume them in a survival situation is soon as they are deshelled
Only after they are leached of tannins can they be consumed
Only half a video. It was good but how to leach or soak, finish the flour, other uses?
Learn exactly what and how to harvest acorns BEFORE trying to eat them.