Has anyone eaten acorns?

[mikep]

I think you're maybe not thinking outside the envelope enough, or pushing the elephant or whatever...tannin presumably has a value too, fake tans spring to mind. We are very close to the Essex border here, I'm sure we could supply a lot of the salons that dot that fine County and then the customers would come out acorn brown rather than that slightly alarming orange which their current system results in.

Hmm maybe but I wonder if the inhabitants of that fine county prefer the orange glow as it distinguishes them as home grown rather than imported.
Also how would your neighbour like a queue of Essex's finest waiting to use his
flush n tan facility.

 

[martian]

Brilliant! Now you are showering outside the cubicle

 

[clbarclay]

Hmm maybe but I wonder if the inhabitants of that fine county prefer the orange glow as it distinguishes them as home grown rather than imported.
Also how would your neighbour like a queue of Essex's finest waiting to use his
flush n tan facility.

Golden Shower?

 

[mikep]

Brilliant! Now you are showering outside the cubicle

Yes but you are increasing the divide in agriculture. It is now horn v corn v acorn.

 

[Old Tip]

They still use acorn flour in Korea, north and South of the border, as to animals eating them its the shell they cant digest so as long as they have split or the animal chews them its ok, trouble is some sheep and cattle eat far to many don't chew them and it actually blocks up there digestive system so they die
I dont think tannin is actually poisonous it just doesn't taste nice, its what makes your tea pot go brown inside

 

[martian]

This months Acres USA has a article about what they're calling 'The Age of Acorn Renaissance' as we are apparently entering a period of culinary enlightenment and everyone is going to be a balanophagist (acorn eater for those of you who don't have the Greek). You read it here first...

Meanwhile our cows are chomping acorns as fast as they can. They make a bee-line for oaks as soon as they go into a new paddock, I've told them to chew the nuts properly (on Old Tip's advice) and so far they look very well on them

 

[The Ruminant]

This months Acres USA has a article about what they're calling 'The Age of Acorn Renaissance' as we are apparently entering a period of culinary enlightenment and everyone is going to be a balanophagist (acorn eater for those of you who don't have the Greek). You read it here first...

Meanwhile our cows are chomping acorns as fast as they can. They make a bee-line for oaks as soon as they go into a new paddock, I've told them to chew the nuts properly (on Old Tip's advice) and so far they look very well on them

You've obviously got more free time than me, Martian, I only managed to open the bag containing my copy of Acres yesterday but haven't had time to read any of it But then I have had chance to read a fair few posts on here so maybe you're better at time management....

 

[Old McDonald]

I dont think tannin is actually poisonous it just doesn't taste nice, its what makes your tea pot go brown inside

We do not have a tea pot because we do not drink tea. We do appreciate the tannins in red wine though.

On topic - I remember when reading about eating acorns many years ago, that the tannin levels vary in acorns of the same species, but from different trees. I cannot remember the source, but it has stuck with me, and the suggestion was that you keep acorns from different trees separate so that you can check the level (by taste was the simple suggestion) in each tree.

The cork oak forests in Portugal are used quite extensively for the grazing of pigs, but frankly, I prefer the meat from more modern feeding.

 

[britt]

Definitely sounds easier to let pig eat the acorns and then eat pig.

Had pigeon pie for tea last night (sweet revenge).
They harvest the acorns themselves and don't even need fencing in.
The man that harvests the pigeons for me even brings us a bottle at Christmas !

 

[Dan Powell]

Had pigeon pie for tea last night (sweet revenge).
They harvest the acorns themselves and don't even need fencing in.
The man that harvests the pigeons for me even brings us a bottle at Christmas !

Now that's profitable farming.

 

[dstudent]

Hi I just wanted to put my two cents in the “Acorn Affair” to eat or not to eat conversation, which I found most interesting, and possibly the only thread I could follow without hitting google search for every other word. As I stated in previous posts I am not a farmer and I am trying to educate myself on the in/outs of farming life.

So being one of those “dreaded” townie, I have limited access to flora and fauna, but after reading this post I could not get it out of my mind and I started thinking of acorns and squirrels.

They eat acorns, but if acorns are poisonous to most animals how could squirrels eat them?

So I googled it (thank you google search and wikipedia), and it turns out that squirrels will not eat all acorns straight away, but “may wait to consume some of these acorns until sufficient groundwater has percolated through them to leach out the tannins”.

A bit like the chap, who puts the acorns in the toilet water tank to wash out the tannins, as mentioned in one of the above posts, same principle minus the water tank.

I don’t know you, but I have a new found respect for the little critters.

Because I have to keep it simple my next topic of discussion will be;

Ladybirds: what’s with the spots?

Fashion statement or a half ar**d attempt at camouflage?

And … Discuss

 

[mikep]

Hi I just wanted to put my two cents in the “Acorn Affair” to eat or not to eat conversation, which I found most interesting, and possibly the only thread I could follow without hitting google search for every other word. As I stated in previous posts I am not a farmer and I am trying to educate myself on the in/outs of farming life.

So being one of those “dreaded” townie, I have limited access to flora and fauna, but after reading this post I could not get it out of my mind and I started thinking of acorns and squirrels.

They eat acorns, but if acorns are poisonous to most animals how could squirrels eat them?

So I googled it (thank you google search and wikipedia), and it turns out that squirrels will not eat all acorns straight away, but “may wait to consume some of these acorns until sufficient groundwater has percolated through them to leach out the tannins”.

A bit like the chap, who puts the acorns in the toilet water tank to wash out the tannins, as mentioned in one of the above posts, same principle minus the water tank.

I don’t know you, but I have a new found respect for the little critters.

Because I have to keep it simple my next topic of discussion will be;

Ladybirds: what’s with the spots?

Fashion statement or a half ar**d attempt at camouflage?

And … Discuss

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