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  • From: Evan <kodama@riseup.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Acorns and oaks
  • Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:17:26 -0500

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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