• HackerJoe
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    17 days ago

    Boiling also works to make acorns edible consumable less lethal. They still taste kinda bad though.

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      15 days ago

      where’d you get them being lethal? far as i’m aware they’re just a real bother for your stomach with all the tannins, but not outright lethal. People have made quite a lot of acorn bread in tough times after all

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        15 days ago

        It’s hyperbole. I don’t think you can die from consuming them (don’t quote me on that, guess it depends on dosage).

        I would think you get a bad tummy ache when eating them raw and maybe liver damage and/or a nutritional deficiency long-term.

        Bread might get hot enough to break down the tannins. I just always thought beechnuts taste better ;)