Acorns are a super sustainable source of sustenance that you can forage from the forest to your front yard! In this video, Wren discusses the different types of acorns, how to identify a good nut, foraging tips, processing acorn meat, and how to use your acorns to make DELICIOUS food. Let us know if you have any acorn recipes below!
NOTE: The labels on the oak leaves at 3:57 are swapped- the left leaf is a white oak and the right leaf is a red oak.
Read more in Wren's Insteading Article
insteading.com/blog/how-to-ea...
Products Mentioned:
Davebilt Nutcracker shop.davebilt.com/Davebilt-43...
Meat Grinder (example) amzn.to/3iPg33S
Nature's Garden by Samuel Thayer www.foragersharvest.com/store...
Hank Shaw honest-food.net
Practical Self Reliance practicalselfreliance.com
Pascal Bauder www.urbanoutdoorskills.com
0:00 Intro
0:55 Acorns as a food source
2:55 Foraging Acorns
4:15 Good and Bad Nuts
6:15 White Acorns and Red Acorns
7:00 Acorn Weevil Larvae
7:27 Cracking Nuts
8:04 Sorting and Prepping
9:20 Leaching
10:20 Acorn Flour
11:15 Acorn Recipes
13:55 Additional Resources
14:54 Conclusion
12 май 2024