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It's used in cooking Native American foods.

2006-07-28 06:39:14 · 3 answers · asked by blue_skies243 2 in Food & Drink Ethnic Cuisine

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unless you live near a Reservation there is NO WAY to buy it on the net..anyother kind of nut meal and flour but no acorn..however here is a fairly easy recipe to make it yourself

PREPARATION OF GROUND ACORN MEAL

Pick up several cupfuls of acorns. All kinds of oaks have edible acorns. Some have more tannin than others, but leaching will remove the tannin from all of them.
Shell the acorns with a nutcracker, a hammer, or a rock.
Grind them. If you are in the woods, smash them, a few at a time on a hard boulder with a smaller stone, Indian style. Do this until all the acorns are ground into a crumbly paste. If you are at home, it's faster and easier to use your mom's blender. Put the shelled acorns in the blender, fill it up with water, and grind at high speed for a minute or two. You will get a thick, cream-colored goo. It looks yummy, but tastes terrible.
Leach (wash) them. Line a big sieve with a dish towel and pour in the ground acorns. Hold the sieve under a faucet and slowly pour water through, stirring with one hand, for about five minutes. A lot of creamy stuff will come out. This is the tannin. When the water runs clear, stop and taste a little. When the meal is not bitter, you have washed it enough.
Or, in camp, tie the meal up in a towel and swish it in several bucketfuls of clean drinking water, until it passes the taste test.

Squeeze out as much water as you can, with your hands.
Use the ground acorn mash right away, because it turns dark when it is left around. Or store in plastic for freezing if you want to make the pancakes later.

2006-07-28 11:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by petra0609 4 · 0 0

Where can I get acorn meal

2006-07-30 03:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I am not sure, but with any luck you should be able to find it in large health food shops.
If they don't carry the product, they might be able to order it for you.

2006-07-28 13:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by abuela Nany 6 · 0 0

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