[Scpg] a wild idea...

[LBUZZELL at aol.com]

Thanks, Cory!  This is great info.  I love the pictures.
 
_http://earthhomegarden.blogspot.com/2007/12/orchid-blacks-acorn-processing-
class.html_ 
(http://earthhomegarden.blogspot.com/2007/12/orchid-blacks-acorn-processing-class.html) 


And it also confirms for me the wisdom of the Chumash who did this complex  
processing in community, rather than individually in each home.  Does  
anyone know, by the way, if the acorns she is using (Calif. black oak) are less  
tannin-y than our local Coast Live Oak acorns?
 
For most working folks (I note that Orchid is retired), tedious steps like  
cracking each acorn and changing the water on the acorns every day would  
probably be an overly time-consuming and onerous task (and what does she do  
with all that "waste" water full of tannins?) and not really practical for 
one  family unless you don't have a job.
 
I'm still wondering if someone couldn't find another way of doing this and  
if it couldn't become a local community business?  Our society has amazing  
technical "food processing" skills which we've used to create stupid things 
like  cheese doodles and fake potato chips.  Could we use any of this 
technology  to help create a really useful product like protein-rich acorn meal 
from our  native trees?
 
Thanks for your great input...
 
Linda
 
 
In a message dated 8/10/2009 2:47:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
cory8570 at yahoo.com writes:

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