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Try http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl.rialto/nuts-msg.html. It haven't had time
to check the whole file, but it describes the process. Think I saw mention
that acorns are high in carbos,though.
Chris
At 08:54 AM 5/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
>i was wondering about this, and i thought, you guys would be the people to
>know. i was reading awhile back, in a magazine, can't remember now just
>which one, about native american indians in california. it was about how
>they maintained and nurtured groves of oak trees, sort of a segue into
>agriculture, i guess you could call it. they used the acorns as a staple
>food item. somehow, by soaking the acorns to remove the tannic acid, they
>were then able to grind them into a coarse flour to use for making breads.
> does anyone know anything about this process, how to make flour out
>of acorns? are acorns a suitable neanderthin food? i've got some nice big
>oaks trees down the road here, so i could have a whole lot of acorns come
>fall, if i had some way of using them.
>
> thanks, JoAnn.
>
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