Ending and Beginning

The boys and I went for a walk at Madison School Forest today. G picked up about 25 acorns. When we got home, we cracked them open with pliers and dug out the nutmeat. We got about half a cup of nutmeat, and it’s very, very bitter.

I found info on the web about getting the tannins out. I chopped them up as fine as I could with a knife, then put them in a quart jar with water and put that in the refrigerator. I plan to change the water once a day and taste a piece in about a week. The goal, of course, is to make them edible.

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