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"Mr. Brill, who mills his own acorn flour from nuts collected in Central Park, alternatively suggests placing the sack in a toilet tank for a month. Each flush will provide a quick rinse. 'The tank isn't contaminated with sewage,' he said, 'but be warned that the tannins will turn the toilet water brown.'"
-Unless the alternative is starving to death, eating acorns doesn't seem worth it.
Quoth the author:
"…I replaced the tannic solution with fresh water every three hours until the nuts lost their bitterness… My batch of white oak acorns took three days."
Wait, so she replaced the water every three hours FOR THREE DAYS? Did she wake up every three hours to replentish her acorn bath? I NEED CLOSURE ON THIS ANECDOTE.
I'm sure this advice is useful in prison
Acorn pruno!
See. Glenn Beck was right about Obama.
Soon the squirrels will be able to dismantle our toilets…Hope your acorn jelly was worth it, jerk.
Brill's Acorntent
I just made a batch of acorn flour, I boiled mine on the stove, it took 12 changes of water to get the bitterness out. I posted a good recipe for acorn bread on my site if you are interested: http://www.kd8itx.com/acornbread.php