[Sca-cooks] acorns can be deadly!

[Terry Decker]

On what do you base this statement?  I've looked at two different studies of 
the chemical composition of acorns, one shows no traces of arsenic, the 
other places arsenic at .1 ppm  While arsenic might be a local problem if 
the water in the area was high in arsenic, the tannins and gallotannins 
found in acorns represent a far more serious general problem if not leached 
out.

Bear

>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