[Sca-cooks] acorns can be deadly!

[TheBard3]

I wa going to let this one go but I can't.  The leaching process you put
acorns through is to remove tannin, not arsenic.  Almost all parts of an oak
contain tannin, which is the reason the bark of select oak trees was used to
tan leather.  And not all acorns need to be processed as much as others to
be made edible.  By my records there may even be some white oaks who's
acorns have such a low level as to be edible right off the tree.

Take It Easy,
James P.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn A. Crawford" <tavernkeeper at phoenixroost.com>
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] acorns can be deadly!


> A word of caution:
> Acorns are full of Arsenic and the leaching process has to be done
> completely and right. That is why I don't mess with them!
>
> Glenn