How We Made Acorn Flour (A Lesson in Bitterness)
We gather the acorns from our oak tree. A Bowl of Acorns Then, we carefully crack the shells and remove the nutmeat (I use a little hammer and a pick). Cracking Acorns (with a Hammer!) Shelling Acorns We shell about 2 cups worth of nuts because this is our first experiment. Acorn Nutmeat Then, […]
A Mistake We Make
Our acorn stockpile wasn’t such a great idea after all. A few days ago, I learned that acorns contain bitter tannins that interfere with a squirrel’s ability to metabolize protein. That’s why they bury them! Burying acorns and letting them sit underground allows moisture to percolate through them to “leach out” the tannins. Our stockpile […]