Bill, if you are still with us, I hope you are doing well. This was one of my favorite videos, I still come back to refresh my memory from time to time. Take care.
I have never seen anyone process acorns this way. This is very interesting and thank you for the time you put into this video. I going to try this and see if the little lady approves for lotions.
Great video! Haven't seen those old pepper shakers since I was a kid. You can take those nuts after steamed coarsly ground and roast in iron skillet over fire until dark brown and it makes really good coffee. Blessings
Shhhh... Same here. We'd hide in the grape vines and eat the grapes. They were the concord type and slightly green. Well you know what the results of that would be. I was 5 back then and I still remember their names. Great memories.
Great video. Id like to add that if you were to evaporate the oil water, you would be left with just the oil. but not very much of it. soaking in alcohol will also pull the oils, making a tincture. which can then be turned into oil, or added to a "base" oil. soak Yaro in alcohol (at least for days), warm up some coconut oil. and pour tincture on top, let it evaporate, little bit at a time, adding the yaro oil to your coconut oil. the more yaro oil the better. and you have just made a very effective bug repelant lotion. Im sure you could get that water oil into a base oil too. you would just be evaporating water off your base oil and for those that like to cook, and apreciate flavor. its not hard to make rosemary oil, or terragon oil for your carrots, but buy/use fresh herbs, not dried, and you can do batches as small as you want. you can even keep your tinctures in little bottles, and infuse the oil the day of cooking as needed. olive oil your pan, warm it up, and add some tincture, wait for the alch to go away, and BAM
I am seriously interested in this. It had not occurred to me to try something like this. I can see the usefulness for desert seeds and nuts as well. Mesquite, Palo Verde, Ironwood, etcetera. Very cool, Billy Joe, I will be trying this.
Really liked your video. Really cool little still that you made. I'm going to get my husband to build the cap assembly. I want to use it for herbs that have various attributes.
As soon as I saw this, I grabbed some of the dried acorns I have in storage. I steamed 4 different species for 30 minutes. They all tasted horribly bitter. What do you think I did wrong?, do they need to be fresh nuts?
she will love it brother,i was just messing around with essential oils when i tried the acorns and found what we have been missing....thanks for watching .bill
thanks for watching nick, good thinking outside the box brother..i could not believe how the taste changes when they were steamed....enjoy nick. ..bill
thanks for watching mitch, its means a lot .cant wait for next fall on the acorns for the grubs in the acorns and leaching in the ground thorough the winter for a sweet acorn nut.
Man bill that's a great little tool you have just of the possibility for that you can distill salt water and regular water steam food add things in it to make like a bug out cup just a thought let me know what you think
awesome video. thanks for sharing. if you put that vase in a little tub of cold water it would help condense the steam. I thought you still wouldn't want to consume the tanic acid because it's an anti-nutrient.
As a kid, I'd sit under this old oak we had in the back yard and pig out on acorns. My grandma thought I wasn't wound right for doing so, but so long as I didn't go wandering about the rest of the acreage, all was good.
tried acorn coffee and cookies first time this year. wasn't a lot of partridge this year because of the cold winter last year. I kept filling my vest with acorns as I was hunting, even had my wife picking them with me. coffee tasted like a real cup of Maxwell house. cookies not so well. question what was the copper tube attached to? did you solder it to a another piece of copper. defiantly going to try this next fall
This was an interesting one, Bill. I definitely learned a few things. Do you think you would capture anymore oil in your glass if you wrap a damp cloth around your pipe? I wonder if the pipe is too short to get it to condense before reaching the end - your method of closing the vapour in with the cloth is probably best. I don't know. -Chris
there is probably a lot of different ways chris to distill or steam acorns..your right i could have cooled the tube and rapped the glass... i was just excited to show what i found. thanks for watching bro. ..bill
What type of acrons are those? From White Oak group (post oak, white oak, etc) or the Red Oak group (red oak, black oak, etc)? There are different levels of tannins in the two main groups In the video, I can only guess, what is "happening" is the heat may be extracting the tannins Good video
Interesting. I've made acorn flour through leaching. Poured off a lot of oil. I could have saved it. Could the bitter acorn oil be used for anything, such as lamp oil?
So…where is the tannic acid? It's got to be somewhere in the seed, oil or water. I would really like to know, as this seems a good way to get the oil and seed, if they are clean of tannic acid.
yes sir , i just stumbled across the taste when i was trying to extracted the oils. bro I'm serious its not bad... thanks for watching my friend . ......billy joe
That was something I never seen before! I really enjoyed watching the whole process =) I wonder steaming the acorns between moss and some water, will also get those tasty nuts. Nice video =) Nick
hey doc , glad to here from ya, ....you got me thinking when i saw your acorn vid with the kids,and we talked about acorn oil...funny how things work out...thanks doc. .bill
Hey Billy, just wondering, other people say you have to boil them 5 times with fresh water each time to get rid of the tanning before eating them or suffer a bad sick stomach; how do you get by with one time? Are they wrong or what?
+David America hello david , boiling and steaming are different i suppose ..give it a try, they don't taste bad and no stomach ache... the tanning is more what I'm after in the hydrosol water for antibacterial wash...
I suspect the tannins are in the oil/water theory supported by the color. Curious have to sample tasted the oil water. I suspect it would be bitter. Confirming the presence of the tanins. How about boiling/concentrating the oil water mixture?
You're only concerned with tannins if you are using it as a staple in your diet because tannins bind to nutrients in your stomach and prevent absorption. They don't make you sick, after all tea and wine have tannins too.
hey bro, I'm really not sure about the oak, there are hundreds of oaks...i do know that i have been told the acorns taste different from different trees....hope you like them bro. .bill
it takes quite a bit of work to steam the oil from the accons with very little pure oil.,,it would probably yield more oil , and would probably burn if cold pressed. thanks for committing . ..bill
Bill, if you are still with us, I hope you are doing well. This was one of my favorite videos, I still come back to refresh my memory from time to time. Take care.
Love your videos. I learn something every time. I never thought about acorn oil. I love making things and will have to try this.
Some white oak acorns don't need leeching. Good video,Thanks.
I have never seen anyone process acorns this way. This is very interesting and thank you for the time you put into this video. I going to try this and see if the little lady approves for lotions.
thanks for watching,you know it seems that the tannic leached down in the water..the water would probably make anti bacterial wash...
Great video! Haven't seen those old pepper shakers since I was a kid. You can take those nuts after steamed coarsly ground and roast in iron skillet over fire until dark brown and it makes really good coffee. Blessings
if you like peanuts boiled, you will like the steamed acorns and the oil in the steam is very usable to, for your hands.thanks for watching.
..bill
Shhhh... Same here. We'd hide in the grape vines and eat the grapes. They were the concord type and slightly green. Well you know what the results of that would be. I was 5 back then and I still remember their names. Great memories.
Very informative. Had not heard of uses for acorn oil.
thank you for taking the time and showing us the good of the acorn
Man after my own heart. This old video got you a new sub.
Hydrosol is the water that condenses along with the essential oils, not the stuff left in the boil pot. Other than that, very interesting video.
Great video.
Id like to add that if you were to evaporate the oil water, you would be left with just the oil. but not very much of it.
soaking in alcohol will also pull the oils, making a tincture. which can then be turned into oil, or added to a "base" oil. soak Yaro in alcohol (at least for days), warm up some coconut oil. and pour tincture on top, let it evaporate, little bit at a time, adding the yaro oil to your coconut oil. the more yaro oil the better. and you have just made a very effective bug repelant lotion. Im sure you could get that water oil into a base oil too. you would just be evaporating water off your base oil
and for those that like to cook, and apreciate flavor. its not hard to make rosemary oil, or terragon oil for your carrots, but buy/use fresh herbs, not dried, and you can do batches as small as you want. you can even keep your tinctures in little bottles, and infuse the oil the day of cooking as needed. olive oil your pan, warm it up, and add some tincture, wait for the alch to go away, and BAM
Awesome! Very informative!
Very interesting Bill........
thanks ; )
thank you sir!! seen it in arkansas video with ken and bob. I really enjoy your videos!
I am seriously interested in this. It had not occurred to me to try something like this. I can see the usefulness for desert seeds and nuts as well. Mesquite, Palo Verde, Ironwood, etcetera. Very cool, Billy Joe, I will be trying this.
Really liked your video. Really cool little still that you made. I'm going to get my husband to build the cap assembly. I want to use it for herbs that have various attributes.
water chestnuts is what word you were searching for .Good info thank you
As soon as I saw this, I grabbed some of the dried acorns I have in storage. I steamed 4 different species for 30 minutes. They all tasted horribly bitter. What do you think I did wrong?, do they need to be fresh nuts?
Very cool! Ill be doing this for sure! Thanks!
she will love it brother,i was just messing around with essential oils when i tried the acorns and found what we have been missing....thanks for watching
.bill
nice information. thank you very much for sharing
That's pretty interesting Bill. I'm not familiar with hydrosols and such, but you definitely got me thinking. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Bill
Greatings from Norway. As always I'm impressed with your knowledge and your laid back-ness.
thanks for watching nick, good thinking outside the box brother..i could not believe how the taste changes when they were steamed....enjoy nick.
..bill
I'm going to try this. I have an acorn tree in my yard. I wanted to see what benefit it has. Thanks!
thanks for watching mitch, its means a lot .cant wait for next fall on the acorns for the grubs in the acorns and leaching in the ground thorough the winter for a sweet acorn nut.
Man bill that's a great little tool you have just of the possibility for that you can distill salt water and regular water steam food add things in it to make like a bug out cup just a thought let me know what you think
You have a great channel, Bill! I can learn a lot from your knowledge…Subscribed!
ATB…Tim.
Bill, thanks for posting. Amazing. I'm going to try it tomorrow. Wow. Thanks bro. Ken
Brilliant Bill, that was very Interesting, Thanks for sharing that! ..Tony.
im glad you liked it ken,stumble across when i was messing with essential oils.
.bill
awesome video. thanks for sharing.
if you put that vase in a little tub of cold water it would help condense the steam.
I thought you still wouldn't want to consume the tanic acid because it's an anti-nutrient.
Thanks for this information. I have tried making the flour out of acorns. This will be a fall project for me, love some boiled peanuts.
As a kid, I'd sit under this old oak we had in the back yard and pig out on acorns. My grandma thought I wasn't wound right for doing so, but so long as I didn't go wandering about the rest of the acreage, all was good.
Awesome video! I like the idea, and look forward to messing with this. I added this to playlist "Survival." Thank you for sharing.
Great idea and video. Thanks, I'll try it.
tried acorn coffee and cookies first time this year. wasn't a lot of partridge this year because of the cold winter last year. I kept filling my vest with acorns as I was hunting, even had my wife picking them with me. coffee tasted like a real cup of Maxwell house. cookies not so well. question what was the copper tube attached to? did you solder it to a another piece of copper. defiantly going to try this next fall
Acorn butter it's the best , add a little brown sugar ,and cinnamon mix. Throw it on a scon .
Thanks for the video! Did you try using this as cooking oil?
This was an interesting one, Bill. I definitely learned a few things. Do you think you would capture anymore oil in your glass if you wrap a damp cloth around your pipe? I wonder if the pipe is too short to get it to condense before reaching the end - your method of closing the vapour in with the cloth is probably best. I don't know. -Chris
This is a great video - many thanks. I really like your ideas. ')
there is probably a lot of different ways chris to distill or steam acorns..your right i could have cooled the tube and rapped the glass... i was just excited to show what i found. thanks for watching bro.
..bill
If you were to make another shaker contraption, I would so buy one from you!
Which oak did you use? We got a mess of live, pin, and water oak here. It's be nice to make a mess of steamed acorns up and enjoy them like chestnuts.
absolutely cool thank you new subscriber gained
What type of acrons are those? From White Oak group (post oak, white oak, etc) or the Red Oak group (red oak, black oak, etc)? There are different levels of tannins in the two main groups
In the video, I can only guess, what is "happening" is the heat may be extracting the tannins
Good video
Love this! I will have to try this next year! Thank you for this video. :)
i have a memory thats is kind of the same, as a kid we use to hide in the neighbors garden and eat radishes .....oh the old memories .
thanks tony for watching.
i plan on doing a lot more with the acorns next fall,,thanks for watching...
Came over from Mi Woodsman, great video brother. Sub'd
Interesting. I've made acorn flour through leaching. Poured off a lot of oil. I could have saved it. Could the bitter acorn oil be used for anything, such as lamp oil?
I imagine its a source of the most important macronutrient -- fat!
Thanks, very informative.
Very cool, thanks!
thanks my friend ..
billy joe
So…where is the tannic acid? It's got to be somewhere in the seed, oil or water. I would really like to know, as this seems a good way to get the oil and seed, if they are clean of tannic acid.
Bill, could you grind the steamed acorns up into flour after they have dried and then make bread out of it? Cool video.
Thank you admin we can dirink and coking food
what about the tannin. I heard that was bad for you
yes sir , i just stumbled across the taste when i was trying to extracted the oils. bro I'm serious its not bad... thanks for watching my friend .
......billy joe
That is a something I have got to try. Thank you for sr
How does the oil smell? I love the smell of oak leaves, is it more or less that same smell?
hows the weather there brother, thanks for watching..i would love to visit your area some day.
.bill
That was something I never seen before! I really enjoyed watching the whole process =) I wonder steaming the acorns between moss and some water, will also get those tasty nuts. Nice video =)
Nick
So those acorns are edible after steaming? Instead of all the leaching?
hey doc , glad to here from ya, ....you got me thinking when i saw your acorn vid with the kids,and we talked about acorn oil...funny how things work out...thanks doc.
.bill
Could be a substituted for gun and tool cleaning and rust protection, or lubrication for bike gears.
yes and then some, thanks for taking time to watch.
..bill
thanks for watching and committing .i would like to see your ideas bro.
..bill
Hey Billy, just wondering, other people say you have to boil them 5 times with fresh water each time to get rid of the tanning before eating them or suffer a bad sick stomach; how do you get by with one time? Are they wrong or what?
+David America hello david , boiling and steaming are different i suppose ..give it a try, they don't taste bad and no stomach ache... the tanning is more what I'm after in the hydrosol water for antibacterial wash...
glad your enjoying the vids.
...bill
yep, here to bro, i can't until next fall, to work with them again...
can you burn the oil say for lighting or heating in a shelter.
Good question... Actually what is a good resource for that?
Same question, anyone know?
can you cook with that oil? To lubricate cast iron cook ware?
I suspect the tannins are in the oil/water theory supported by the color. Curious have to sample tasted the oil water. I suspect it would be bitter. Confirming the presence of the tanins. How about boiling/concentrating the oil water mixture?
pretty good method I love to try this one day
Great Video...in Jesus Name...
Great video matey, I've gotta try it
for a big batch you can use a pressure cooker
Can you cook with the dyrisol oil?
very posible robert, i can wait to next fall i plan on collecting more and trying other things such as bread..
..bill
thanks brother, there not bad.
How long did you steam them for roughly? Think you have hit on a great little process for use while out camping ;-)
yep i do, steaming are pretty good.the good thing is whats left is antibacterial tannic .
..bill
I asked how long do you steam?
just few minutes,,sorry
hehehe no worries. I thought it was going to be more than that, so thank you
Is this like vaping acorns?
don't think it is the same as vaping oil..
Were these white oak, red, or black? That would cover the tannin questions
You're only concerned with tannins if you are using it as a staple in your diet because tannins bind to nutrients in your stomach and prevent absorption. They don't make you sick, after all tea and wine have tannins too.
The Snow is down to 200 metres (600-800 feet) and it is getting cold. My ankle has healed so I will soon be out in the wild again. Come visit.
thats what we do bro, thanks for watching
...bill
so where do the tannins go?
thanks for watching , and committing
...bill
hey bro, I'm really not sure about the oak, there are hundreds of oaks...i do know that i have been told the acorns taste different from different trees....hope you like them bro.
.bill
Could it be used for wood polish? With a dry agent
well maybe a polish ,, it is good for a lot things ..
billy joe
What type of acorns?
awesome
thanks
..bill
Great video, is there a fast trick to peeling those pesky hulls? hahaha
Yes, dry the acorn until the meat shrinks and detaches from the hull
Stupid question here Bill. Is it possible to get this stuff to burn? I told you it was a stupid question, but im serious!
it takes quite a bit of work to steam the oil from the accons with very little pure oil.,,it would probably yield more oil , and would probably burn if cold pressed.
thanks for committing .
..bill
ill try about any thing brother ,,thanks
Pine nuts is what you are thinking of.
what material is the tube attached to?
nah, my butt does not fit inside a saltshaker.
kill1
No, I'm not a saltshake dancer.
I 'll save this video
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I have one of those shakers still use it
God Bless you