BIG NEWS: I have designed my own Survival Knife called “APO-1”. You can get it now at my online store: www.survivallilly.at/ Thank you so much for your support
That tannin your tossing out has some uses. Boiled down to a concentrate is used in medicine as an astringent to shrink skin tissues. Simmered down to a paste it can be used to preserve animal hides. As a coffee substitute, I think I'll try that this weekend. Thanks for the video.
The Cherokees used to gather white oak acorns & then leech them in baskets put in swift flowing small streams , they would dry them on warm rocks until dry & then drink the tea in the Winter , but I've never tried it myself.
I believe the theory is that if you boil them and then replace the water with new cold water, the tannins could bind permanently to the starch because of the rapid temperature change, therefore they say better use new boiling water in another pot, but HEY if they are nog bitter anymore you're grand! Nice one! Cheers, Julius
...in the old days, in war times,depression and so on, this ¨coffee¨ was an alternative, and I still remember my grand grand ma, roasting it in a special pan of plain steel.....even we kids could trink ¨this coffee¨....
Here in Texas we have two kinds of Acorns, one from the Live oak, and one from spanish oaks, I love acorn coffee from the Live Oak, my grandmother used to make it back in the depression times and my mother made it on camping trips...... Sadly i have more Pecans around me then oak and that taste great in real coffee too! Wonderful video....Hooah!
Please use all of your plastic bottle drinking water from the supermarket to boil acorns. Real good survival advice!. When you have used 3 litres of drinkingwater to boil a handfull of acorns for a cup of coffee, please remember to bring the empty plastic bottle back to your cosy appartment.
Informative ! Lilly my brother in law is Austrian he owns Hotel Staffler in St. Anton , Sepp Staffler a great pro skier from the late 1960's and early 1970's
People in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) used to make pancakes from acorns during the Blockade. My grandmother told me so. It was very interesting to learn that people in Germany ate acorns, too, during the WW2. I feel a little bit connected now. Thank you for sharing this!
That's awesome! My Oma grew up in Graz during the war, she's always told me they made acorn coffee and pine tea right there in the apartment because the real stuff was a far cry away. Funny how it was everyday fare back then, and now it's kinda just for us fancy woodcrafters out in the bush! Although I do make spruce and cedar tea at work when I get sick of coffee :-)
I have huge sweet acorns in my yard. We thought at first that they were chestnuts. With them, flour can be made and used like regular flour. Thanks for your videos.
It is encouraging with all the acorns around my house. Especially your Grandmother's antidote of surviving WWII . This gives credibility after I finish reading a book by Irmgard A. Hunt, who lived in Austria during that time. These people truly endured hardships with not much hope.
a crawfish pie: If I had a daughter, I would definitely have her watching this channel. Lilly is so much better of a role model than the Ariana Grande types that are popular now.
Wow Lilly ..My Grandfather used to make the very same acorn coffee infact thats the first and only time i tasted it because i was little and never got to know his recipe (the processing that you showed here )..incidentdally he fought in WW2 and was honorably discharged due to a contusion he received..Ill have to try that we have oak trees practically on every step in my area unfortunately its too late this season so this coming year i have two new projects Acorn and Dandylion coffee to accomplish ...thank you for uploading Lilly ...mmmuah and a Happy New Year ...
I like the stories like you told about your grandmother. I never met my grandparents, so I never got to hear similar stories. Good channel Lilly. Have you ever thought of having a garden there? Maybe some root veggies or other hearty things for your climate?
Thanks for sharing Lilly! I have made roasted okra seed coffee and roasted dandelion root coffee, so I will try this in the autumn when we have lots and lots of acorns.
I don't know if the tannins are bad for you or not, but I eat them [in small doses] straight off the ground. I prefer the texture of them raw. As I do with sweet chestnut too.
you can do a similar project with soybeans. you have to soak them first to remove the vegetable oil but then roasted it makes a pretty good coffee extender
7 лет назад+1
Nice, and organic! I'll definitely make that in a gouda quantity, so I can have my coffee for a year (organic stores stuff is expensive... ).
I love your camera work so much! The editing is flawless as always. I was thinking to myself that always having static shots gives your videos a certain style, however if you had a camera man/woman and used more panning shots and other things, it would add to something cool. :D
Ahh had just sat down with a fresh hot brew of decaf. no imagining :) . Thanks for sharing that memory from your grandma, your probably like her in many ways. It is great learning of things in history that have not changed as well. We always had brittany spaniels while I was younger. Thanks for the video.
Howdy, Lilly! Great video and this is something I've never tried....yet! We have acorns all over the place here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas. After the tannin removing process, I'm wondering how canning in a pressure cooker would work out? Have you heard of anybody trying this? I'm wondering how well the acorns would preserve and if they would get funky tasting after soaking in the pickling liquid. Kind of thinking another rinsing would have to be done before roasting the acorns for coffee. I dunno. Worth a shot! Thanks for taking the time to make the videos! Your doing an awesome job!
I wonder if one could roast beans and nuts to make a veggie burger. Might add an unique flavor to a veggie burger I believe. Thanks for sharing. I seen another video on how to use Acorns to make coffee and how to make survival bread with also. Thanks for sharing again
Tried this on my last camp out. First off, it was astonishingly easy to collect a HUGE amount of acorns. That being said, I found the flavor of eating them and trying to brew them to be too much. I just didn't enjoy it. It's not like they have caffeine either, if there was some reason I might suffer through it, but water tastes fine so I'll just stick with that. Great video regardless.
If you were in the field, you would never use clean water in this way. Tannin removal from acorns is only done when you have an abundant water source nearby. Also, the water needs to transition from dark brown to as colorless as practical. Because tannins are water soluble, they will quickly reach a saturated state in a small cooking vessel like the one shown. Therefore, the water needs to be replaced frequently until the water is nearly clear. The reason the stream method works best is because it retains the nutients that are removed by repeated boiling and, if the stream is less clean than you thought, the slow roasting process will destroy any bio hazard that may have leached into the nut meat.
A pinch of salt can save a bitter cup of coffee and make it taste better. I wonder if you could do the same with acorns that were under processed? Squirrels dont seem to mind the bitterness but that would explain why they are eagar to be fed peanuts in the park. Look up "Squirrel Fishing" on U-Tube.
White Oak acorns have less tannin. Red Oak requires more processing for tannin. During the War Between the States Various coffee substitutes were used by Confederates and civilians alike.
My grandfather used to tell me stories about making coffee from acorns, and the method of processing.My wife's family also have "unfond memories" of using acorns during the war and have no desire to ever experience eating or drinking acorns again.Yet, acorns are an extraordinary wild food...
Well done Lilly. Here in southern Arizona, I have Oak trees on my property, but I've never heard of acorn coffee. (I do make Chaga tea) Hmmmm....maybe I should stop throwing those nuts away??!!!! LOL!!!!!! >;-)
+Charles Larson Thanks :) These nuts are very nutritionous, next year I am going to collect a bunch of them, cook them, dry them and then store them, cause they actually taste very good :)
+Dillon Flannery leave bind up available nitrogen during decomposition. It's better to add them to a compost pile. then after they compost use it to build your soil. Remember, compost feeds the soil, the soil feeds the plant.
been doing this a fair time , i also take the unused roasted chopped nuts mix with honey to make a peanut butter type thing which is bad as you will eat all of it
FYI - keep some of the bitterness in the acorns...the bitterness is natural vitamin b 17 which is the anti-cancer food People can look this up on Google
+Survival Lilly There is science all over. I teach nutrition...go to google and look up all the science. I have saved many lives with B 17 where drugs have failed
you should inform your viewers that there is a huge difference in the quantity of tannin in the acorns between the varieties of oak. having been to Germany multiple times and I have observed that nearly every oak that I saw was a "white" oak or a similar subspecies. where I live in the northeast of the USA, the majority are "red" oak. these will have to be boiled extensively in order to make them palatable.
Lilly plz keep up the videos !!! As u continue u will have many subscribers but it takes up time and effort but it WILL pay off !!! Btw i love ur vids ur so cool and awesome and i learn so much, thank you !
BIG NEWS: I have designed my own Survival Knife called “APO-1”. You can get it now at my online store: www.survivallilly.at/ Thank you so much for your support
Survival Lilly servus Lilly...super Video probiere ich auch mal aus👍👍mach doch mal Videos mit survival Mattin und Fritz meinecke
Can you say why they didint drank coffee or why they drank acorn coffee During WW2?
Can this awaking me up like coffee, or is just the taste? You can make bread with the acorn.
YOU ARE LIKE ME I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CONNECT WITH LIFE AND WE KNOW HOW TO BE HUMBLE AND SURVIVE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 🙏🏻👍🏻🤝🏻
That tannin your tossing out has some uses. Boiled down to a concentrate is used in medicine as an astringent to shrink skin tissues. Simmered down to a paste it can be used to preserve animal hides. As a coffee substitute, I think I'll try that this weekend. Thanks for the video.
The Cherokees used to gather white oak acorns & then leech them in baskets put in swift flowing small streams , they would dry them on warm rocks until dry & then drink the tea in the Winter , but I've never tried it myself.
my little girl is 3 she loves this video Lilly! she literally asks me to watch it everyday! can't wait to try this with my daughter!
I do this every fall, I also make flour to mix with buckwheat flour for cookies, biscuits, and pancakes.
BRAVO! Few people today know that oak acorn is very healthy and full of useful minerals.
You are delightful Lily, Keep up the fantastic videos!!!
I believe the theory is that if you boil them and then replace the water with new cold water, the tannins could bind permanently to the starch because of the rapid temperature change, therefore they say better use new boiling water in another pot, but HEY if they are nog bitter anymore you're grand! Nice one! Cheers, Julius
Down south the oak trees are innoculated with black truffle, the oak forests are on private land.
Manjimup is a fun place to visit.
...in the old days, in war times,depression and so on, this ¨coffee¨ was an alternative, and I still remember my grand grand ma, roasting it in a special pan of plain steel.....even we kids could trink ¨this coffee¨....
This is a major biggy for outdoor survival. I always figured there had to be some culinary use for the common acorn. Now I know, Thank you.
I made some acorn coffee this morning. It is a very nice alternative to coffee.
a lot of work but I'm curious about the taste now -thx for the vid
It’s very nutty and mapley
Very cool processing your own coffee especially if you've foraged your own materials, great stuff ~Peace~
Here in Texas we have two kinds of Acorns, one from the Live oak, and one from spanish oaks, I love acorn coffee from the Live Oak, my grandmother used to make it back in the depression times and my mother made it on camping trips...... Sadly i have more Pecans around me then oak and that taste great in real coffee too! Wonderful video....Hooah!
Thanks, Lilly! :)
+JoeRobinetBushcraft you are most welcome :)
Please use all of your plastic bottle drinking water from the supermarket to boil acorns. Real good survival advice!. When you have used 3 litres of drinkingwater to boil a handfull of acorns for a cup of coffee, please remember to bring the empty plastic bottle back to your cosy appartment.
Informative ! Lilly my brother in law is Austrian he owns Hotel Staffler in St. Anton , Sepp Staffler a great pro skier from the late 1960's and early 1970's
People in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) used to make pancakes from acorns during the Blockade. My grandmother told me so. It was very interesting to learn that people in Germany ate acorns, too, during the WW2. I feel a little bit connected now. Thank you for sharing this!
I could see Starbucks breaking the 100 dollars per cup barrier using this recipe.
That's awesome!
My Oma grew up in Graz during the war, she's always told me they made acorn coffee and pine tea right there in the apartment because the real stuff was a far cry away. Funny how it was everyday fare back then, and now it's kinda just for us fancy woodcrafters out in the bush! Although I do make spruce and cedar tea at work when I get sick of coffee :-)
THANKS Lilly !
I have huge sweet acorns in my yard. We thought at first that they were chestnuts. With them, flour can be made and used like regular flour. Thanks for your videos.
Don't you just love a kitchen where you can just pour your shit on the floor!
Depends on how runny your stool is.
Great to learn how to make acorn coffee! The deer on my property love them, now I know how I can enjoy them as well. Thanks for sharing Lilly
I've been hooked on your vids for the past couple of days and you gave me so many great ideas.
Keep having fun out in the woods!
It is encouraging with all the acorns around my house. Especially your Grandmother's antidote of surviving WWII . This gives credibility after I finish reading a book by Irmgard A. Hunt, who lived in Austria during that time. These people truly endured hardships with not much hope.
Here in Albany we have way more black walnuts than oak, still I have to give this a try. Thanks for posting!
Danke Lilly! You have been an inspiration to my daughter. God bless you and keep you!
a crawfish pie: If I had a daughter, I would definitely have her watching this channel. Lilly is so much better of a role model than the Ariana Grande types that are popular now.
Amen.
I cant wait to try this since we have acorns here where I live. Danke for the video and have a great week.
Wow Lilly ..My Grandfather used to make the very same acorn coffee infact thats the first and only time i tasted it because i was little and never got to know his recipe (the processing that you showed here )..incidentdally he fought in WW2 and was honorably discharged due to a contusion he received..Ill have to try that we have oak trees practically on every step in my area unfortunately its too late this season so this coming year i have two new projects Acorn and Dandylion coffee to accomplish ...thank you for uploading Lilly ...mmmuah and a Happy New Year ...
I like the stories like you told about your grandmother. I never met my grandparents, so I never got to hear similar stories. Good channel Lilly.
Have you ever thought of having a garden there? Maybe some root veggies or other hearty things for your climate?
+Fusco LW (Laura) thanks, this forest is too dark, nothing would grow there. atb lilly
Thanks for sharing Lilly! I have made roasted okra seed coffee and roasted dandelion root coffee, so I will try this in the autumn when we have lots and lots of acorns.
Really interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I don't know if the tannins are bad for you or not, but I eat them [in small doses] straight off the ground. I prefer the texture of them raw. As I do with sweet chestnut too.
you can do a similar project with soybeans. you have to soak them first to remove the vegetable oil but then roasted it makes a pretty good coffee extender
Nice, and organic! I'll definitely make that in a gouda quantity, so I can have my coffee for a year (organic stores stuff is expensive... ).
Acorn coffee!... That's nuts.
🙋thank you
Is leaching out the tannins in cold water significantly more nutritious than the faster way?
+King Doomfist yes
After all that boiling and leaching, I wonder what else leaches away that might actually be nutritious?
I love your camera work so much! The editing is flawless as always. I was thinking to myself that always having static shots gives your videos a certain style, however if you had a camera man/woman and used more panning shots and other things, it would add to something cool. :D
Ahh had just sat down with a fresh hot brew of decaf. no imagining :) . Thanks for sharing that memory from your grandma, your probably like her in many ways. It is great learning of things in history that have not changed as well. We always had brittany spaniels while I was younger. Thanks for the video.
I have had dandelion root coffee and the steps were very easy and shockingly good results.
Howdy, Lilly! Great video and this is something I've never tried....yet! We have acorns all over the place here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas. After the tannin removing process, I'm wondering how canning in a pressure cooker would work out? Have you heard of anybody trying this? I'm wondering how well the acorns would preserve and if they would get funky tasting after soaking in the pickling liquid. Kind of thinking another rinsing would have to be done before roasting the acorns for coffee. I dunno. Worth a shot!
Thanks for taking the time to make the videos! Your doing an awesome job!
Try pine needle tea
Reminds me if Primitive Technology's video about making black beans edible.
The woods are my home... I thrive there...
Thanks again Lilly! It shows there is always something new to learn. Really enjoyed it!
I wonder if one could roast beans and nuts to make a veggie burger. Might add an unique flavor to a veggie burger I believe. Thanks for sharing. I seen another video on how to use Acorns to make coffee and how to make survival bread with also. Thanks for sharing again
Happy new year from Florida! 👍🌴💫 Have a happy and safe one over there.
Tried this on my last camp out. First off, it was astonishingly easy to collect a HUGE amount of acorns. That being said, I found the flavor of eating them and trying to brew them to be too much. I just didn't enjoy it. It's not like they have caffeine either, if there was some reason I might suffer through it, but water tastes fine so I'll just stick with that. Great video regardless.
i agree, dandelion coffee is much better
Survival Lilly interesting, thanks, :-)
Hi Lily. Love your channel! Where I live I have seldom found acorns, walnuts etc., without worms; even while still on the tree.
Great vid Lilly !!
thank you for another informative video. you are delightful to listen to.
Would the drained off water be any good for Tanning leather etc. Happy new year.
Happy new year Lilly and Dax.
Thanks for the tip! DO you have Chicory where you live? I've heard it's root is used as a coffee substitute.
I just discovered your videos. So far, they've all been very informative and entertaining to watch. Keep it up!
hey Lilly love your videos keep up the great work from California
If you were in the field, you would never use clean water in this way. Tannin removal from acorns is only done when you have an abundant water source nearby. Also, the water needs to transition from dark brown to as colorless as practical. Because tannins are water soluble, they will quickly reach a saturated state in a small cooking vessel like the one shown. Therefore, the water needs to be replaced frequently until the water is nearly clear. The reason the stream method works best is because it retains the nutients that are removed by repeated boiling and, if the stream is less clean than you thought, the slow roasting process will destroy any bio hazard that may have leached into the nut meat.
A pinch of salt can save a bitter cup of coffee and make it taste better. I wonder if you could do the same with acorns that were under processed? Squirrels dont seem to mind the bitterness but that would explain why they are eagar to be fed peanuts in the park. Look up "Squirrel Fishing" on U-Tube.
she is my favorite survivalist youtuber
Great video Lilly. cool history about folks drinking it during WW2. Going to try this. never would have thought this was a thing.
That was so awesome to watch.
I can’t wait to make my own. Here in Oz..
Great , thank you. I love your positive manner
Hi. Your videos on survival food are very interesting. I have learned a lot.
Thanks.
thanks for sharing that Lilly I have had chicory for coffee but not tried acorn coffee, yet thanks again
👍 thanks for sharing, also wishing you and your family a Happy New year, ~ missed Dax in this one c yea 👱🎄🐾🐾
@ 01:20 It looks like garlic cloves! Yummmm
"if this was available at the movies" hahaha, awesome :)! I'm not too sure about the coffee though, Lilly ;). Have an amazing 2016!!
happy new year ,your videos are appreciated in france
Excellent presentation. Happy New Year!
Great info - thanks Lily.
And also Happy New Year
This is right up my alley!!! Want to try this.
+Robby Huang My mom and I both lol'ed at the imagination line haha
+Robby Huang haha :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good video If I get real thirsty in the woods I will try this
White Oak acorns have less tannin. Red Oak requires more processing for tannin. During the War Between the States Various coffee substitutes were used by Confederates and civilians alike.
My grandfather used to tell me stories about making coffee from acorns, and the method of processing.My wife's family also have "unfond memories" of using acorns during the war and have no desire to ever experience eating or drinking acorns again.Yet, acorns are an extraordinary wild food...
White oak acorns have a lot less tannin. I found a few that I could eat without processing.
Well done Lilly. Here in southern Arizona, I have Oak trees on my property, but I've never heard of acorn coffee. (I do make Chaga tea) Hmmmm....maybe I should stop throwing those nuts away??!!!! LOL!!!!!! >;-)
+Charles Larson Thanks :) These nuts are very nutritionous, next year I am going to collect a bunch of them, cook them, dry them and then store them, cause they actually taste very good :)
+Dillon Flannery
The squirrels and the birds take this naturally re-occuring resource, why should they have all the fun???
+Dillon Flannery Fine, I'll grant that to you. But the acorns are taken by the critters and birds. ;)
+Dillon Flannery leave bind up available nitrogen during decomposition. It's better to add them to a compost pile. then after they compost use it to build your soil. Remember, compost feeds the soil, the soil feeds the plant.
+Dillon Flannery agreed.
Nice one! Never tried that before.
Thanks!
been doing this a fair time , i also take the unused roasted chopped nuts mix with honey to make a peanut butter type thing which is bad as you will eat all of it
Great video Lilly. Tastes great.
FYI - keep some of the bitterness in the acorns...the bitterness is natural vitamin b 17 which is the anti-cancer food
People can look this up on Google
+Dr. Ron Goldstein the bitterness in the acorns is tannins, not vitamin b17 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn
Along with the tannins
what is your source of information? some legit website? scientific?
+Survival Lilly There is science all over. I teach nutrition...go to google and look up all the science. I have saved many lives with B 17 where drugs have failed
+Dr. Ron Goldstein Also eat some apple seeds .. bitter
The seeds inside apricot kernels also have B 17
We even have acorns here in Florida next to the palm trees! I will give it a try. Hope my imagination is is working well. Good job Lilly!
Because Florida has Oaks, Squirrels and birds. Acorns are Oak seeds and are pollinated by absentminded or clumsy squirrels and birds
Hallo Lilly
Sehr schön gezeigt
ich wünsche dir einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr und alles Gute für 2016 und weiterhin diesen tollen Erfolg
VG Guido
you should inform your viewers that there is a huge difference in the quantity of tannin in the acorns between the varieties of oak. having been to Germany multiple times and I have observed that nearly every oak that I saw was a "white" oak or a similar subspecies. where I live in the northeast of the USA, the majority are "red" oak. these will have to be boiled extensively in order to make them palatable.
HAPPY NEW YEAR Lilly!
Ted
Prefer popcorn at the movies. It is odd there are no seasonings (sweet or salty) available to counter the bitter flavor or maybe that doesn't work.
Thanks for the coffee idea, something to try sometime.
Thank you for simple explanation of how to make this....
Thanks for the idea ....we have post oak tree's all over my property i need to try this.
Thank you! Great information and demonstration.
im gonna go make some right now great video thanks Lilly
Great idea, never seen before. I will have to give this a try. Happy holidays Lilly from Sweden, Robert
I love your channel, congrats for your good job, is one of my better RUclips discovers. Happy new year.
Ein kleiner Tisch würde sich auch sehr gut in dein Camp passen ;-)
Gruß und guten Rutsch
great video Lilly! I will definitely be making some of this in the new year
Lilly plz keep up the videos !!! As u continue u will have many subscribers but it takes up time and effort but it WILL pay off !!! Btw i love ur vids ur so cool and awesome and i learn so much, thank you !
I wonder if adding roasted dandelion root or roasted chicory root would add more of the coffee flavor?