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[Evan <kodama@riseup.net>]

I believe this is Samuel Thayer's "Nature's Garden," which I think is a great 
book for the chapter on acorns alone. He speaks from a lot of first hand 
experience processing and eating acorns.

Evan

On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:04 PM, jeff wrote:

> 
> Did the question about edible acorns get answered?  I missed some of the 
> posts but did find a answer to the question.  One man spent years 
> researching oak trees with edible acorns.  He wrote a book called:  
> "Nature's Garden"  It was published this year and has a whole chapter on 
> oaks.  He has charts with tanin content of acorns and explains how the 
> myth of a edible acorn got started.  The key fact is:  using taste is 
> not a reliable way to determine tanin content.
> Jeff Owens, Zone 7 oaks and nuts
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