How to make a wheat flour substitute from acorns.

Go to your nearest park or forest with oak trees in them and collect a bag full of acorns (or as much as you need)

Dry them in the oven using the pilot light ('s' on many gas cookers) or very low heat. This will not just dry them, it will also kill off any insects.

Crack the shells off, and then soak the shelled acorns in water. Generally, I soak the acorns for a few days to about two weeks, changing the water at least twice a day. This is to get rid of the tannin, the substance used to tan leather which also gives the acorns that bitter taste. This process greatly differs in time due to the type of oaks, and the American Oak is a lot less problematic than the UK oak as the acorns from UK Oaks contain more tannin. Tannin is actually poisionus, so be very carefull when making this flour. The process might need to repeated. If you are not sure if the tannin has gone make sure that you ask someone who knows what they are doing for advice, or look at the nut factory website.

In fact the English Oak or Truffle Oak Q. robar has served mankind well, it is a famine-food in Europe. The bread made from this nut is detestable, but is said to have been used in famine in large quantities to feed starving populations. During a 1709 famine in France an illness called "trousse galante" followed acorn eating, but people survived and regained their health during the famine. - This information was found on the nut factory website.

When the acorns are no longer bitter(just bite into them to test), grind them while wet through a meat grinder - if you do not have a meat grinder then a good blender will do. I have used a pestle and motar in the past however I had a lot of time on my hands.

Then place the coarse meal into pans to dry in the sun or oven (again on a low heat).

When dry they can be stored in large jars in the cupboard. Code corrupted. Insert fresh copy.

The meal/flour can then used in place of wheat flour in recipes.

Acorns were used in this way by the Cherokee Indians of America.


taken from this website

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/acorns.htm

twilightknight wrote:
Desmond wrote:
Well, I don't realy have any materials to speek of. My money is only enought to food for me and my dog. But I guese I'll spend some time meditating in the forest. Listen to the trees. Look at all the beutiful colors. Play some some with my dog. Maybe take a meal out on a field Having o good time.


i dont mean to be rude but are you a witch or not?

No I'm not

How do you label your self Desmond?

It's interesting to get a look at how people view themselves, It gives you insight to how they think.

I thought that you were, but maybe just pagan? Maybe Asatru?

I THOUGHT SO TOO. MAYBE DESMOND IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE PATH THAT IS RIGHT FOR HIM

ALSO, TWIGHLIGHT IS ABSOLUTLY RIGHT. YOU DON'T NEED ANY MONEY TO BUY STUFF....MOTHER NATURE PROVIDES AND YOU JUST HAVE TO USE WHATEVER IS THERE. IN DESMONDS DEFENSE I HAVE TO ADD THAT IN HIS PART OF THE WORLD THE DARK SEASON ALREADY HAS STARTED.

true but if you look around you will still find what ever you need or find the things to make what you need in nature

like i said no insult intended

but witch only means wise so all im saying is open your eyes and mind

you have heard the term to think outside the box???


well in truth what you need to understand is that their is no box