From Tree to Table: gathering and processing acorns
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- In this video, wildcrafter Arthur Haines leads people through gathering and processing one of the most important wild foods of the North American continent--the acorn. Turning the fruit of the oak tree into a nourishing food is part of many people's heritage (including those of European-descent). Unfortunately, much of the traditional knowledge about this wild food has been lost and many misconceptions abound. This video presents one manner of preparation and presents concepts important for bringing this wild food into people's diet.
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This guy's totally amazing. I don't know how he managed to hold my interest for the whole process. Let's all chip in and buy him a microphone windscreen.
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Lol me too!!
Good video.
I don't know why so many people are complaining about the length of the video. It's fine to me and he was giving out a lot of info.
Those are the people whom wont find it helpful anyway... because they want to open a packaged product and eat it right away.
Those are the people who have the attention span of a gnat. It takes time to truly teach and learn something!
They are the same ones to die in a grid down scenario.
Because people have zero attention span. It's a serious mental problem and it's prevalent throughout the globe because of the internet and social media. It's ridiculous.
Those people with no attention span would collect anything but healthy acorns.
When living in ancient times only the clever ones had food and survived
We from California, and we still eat acorns. Our method of processing is simple, remove the caps, cracked the shells, soak them. Two washes, water looks like coffee. Then boiled them twice, change water twice - looks like tea. Then roast the acorns in dry iron pan, We eat them like peanuts -remove the shells and use them as trail food like mush. We use acorns for flour, we don't boil them, soak them for two weeks without shells. We sun dry them in chunks. They keep better in seal jars and grind them only for baking, I cheat and use a coffee grinder to make a course flour. Love the video. And thanks, that Asians do eat acorns.
This is good to know, thnx
I have eaten them in the past after two rinses and drying. I’ll try cooking them next.
Thanks
You should make a video!
That's not simple.
I think this guy is the Professor of Acorns.
Here in England,me and my Dad used to collect acorns etc and he would boil them, then roast them and store them until we needed them,added to winter stews. I did not know about the cold water method,thank you for sharing your wisdom and thank you for the subtitles.
I just stumbled across this video while looking up hickory nut processing... I’m about 5 minutes in and I’m already hooked!
I’m guessing he’s probably a teacher/instructor (if not, he *should* be!) because his entire demeanor is very calming, informative and thorough!
I’ve never collected an acorn in my life, but I now feel equipped to go out and handle it like a pro!! 😁💕
He is, and he is the author of our New England Flora! A very important figure in our region
Arthur - this is the most informative video that I've seen on acorn preparation. Thank you!
Thank you Sir. Fascinating. As a boy I read My Side of the Mountain by Jean George. I learned so much from that tale. Acorn flour pancakes with blueberry jam, oak chips in a hollowed oak stump filled with water to tan hides. If I was near a fast stream I would put the acorn mash in a flaxen sack tied to a cord fastened to the bank & drop it in & leave it till it was leached thoroughly.
WOW. this guy is amazing. i just learned about 30 things. im not the type that will sit through 30 minits watching videos about cooking. but this just taught me how to NOT DIE if my food source depletes. add this to cat tail and cactus and a small bottle of bleach and im good to survive. thank you my friend.
Do note just because you see a cactus doesn't mean it edible.
My cactus are toxic, but 50 miles from me they are ok.
I learned that the hard way.
As another note on cactus. If you save cactus pear juice. It will make you cool in hot heater.
I drank about 2 quarts of the juice and was shivering with goose bumps in 118 degrees. Lol.
You can also dehydrate it, make it a powder and it keeps. Just use 1 heaping table spoon per gallon.
This is a favorite summer time drink for me. Best I can describe is it kinda watermelon tasting.
I've also mixed it with unsweeted kool aid packets. Have used with all but fruit punch. I don't like fruit punch.
And yet another is to take the cactus pear juice and dehydrate it to 1/4 in height. Then cut it into 1 inch strips. If you know what fruit roll up were. That what you will be making. Stick in place of bag and it a taste snack.
The powder I have kept for 6 months. Always run out by that time.
The roll ups I have kept for over a year.
Use both in moderation as they have the same effect as the juice.
Oh before you ask. How long the juice last. IDK. Longest I've had is 3 days outside of pears.
Think someday I will try to ferment it. Should make a nice wine.
How to dehydrate for each. For powder I pour juice about 1 inch tall and let sit for days outside with screen over it. Once it breaks all up it need to be turned. About 2 weeks later it done just needs to be smashed to powder.
For roll up I pour about 6 inches thick of juice. Let sit outside until it about 1/4 thick. Then package.
Oh yeah, where I live I can dehydrate food easy by just sitting it outside. The wind and sun does all the work. Well except all the work of preparing it. I dehydrate most my foods. I even buy frozen vetables and dehydrate them. No need for a freezer. Meat just cook it and dehydrate it. Last for over a year. To rehydrate just soak in water for an hour. If you are cooking in water no need to dehydrate.
The quality of this video, and more accurately of this teaching, is exceptional. Huge congratulations, and huge thanks for making it. I admire the time and dedication that this video must have taken. Thank you!
Fabulous video. The length and amount of information is perfect. Easy to understand. You defined all the technical terms and translated into layman's terms. I'm thoroughly impressed. Please make many many more. Your wealth of knowledge needs to be preserved and presented to the masses!
After having my first experience with acorn pancakes made by a dear friend and forager, I'm pretty stoked to gather and process acorns this year. Thanks for the informative video Arthur!
What did they taste like? 😲
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Kind of like buckwheat pancakes, but nuttier.
Patties?...
Thank you so much for taking the time out to produce this very informative, easy to understand, and follow video. Blessings to you and your loved ones.
If the acorns are still in the shell, they will take a very long time to dry (I'm guessing days). If you shell them and then dehydrate them, it can be done in much shorter time (under 24 hours). If you do this, keep the pieces as large as possible so as to protect as much of the interior from air exposure. Then store them in an airtight container.
Very clear and concise video of acorn processing! Bravo my friend!!!!!!!
This is an encyclopedia of knowledge on acorns and harvesting. I'm a time traveller from the year 2024 and can assure you this is still relevant in our time.
I was looking for someone like you. Harvesting and learning in Kentucky. Thanks!
I really enjoyed this video - thank you. For a long time I've been afraid of using acorns because of the process of removing the tannins. You have removed that fear, and explained it clearly holding my attention all the time.Here in England, The Oak Tree goes back to the year dot - The Olde English Oake is part of our heritage and now I'm looking forward to including it's fruits in my diet.Subscribed today and looking forward to watching other videos.
Very interesting. Here in California we learned about the native's use of acorns starting in the 3rd grade. It's interesting to see precisely how is may have been done. I now live around many live oak trees that produce a lot of acorns. I'll give it a try.
What a spectacular presentation! Thank you for being so prepared, so thorough, and so focused. I feel so grateful for all that you taught me!
Amazing video. I did know how to choose the good acorns from the bad ones.
I completely agree with you about eating like our ancestors used to eat.
Thanks.
The Shire seems nice this time of year! ;D
Thanks for the upload!
This is THE best acorn processing video on the internet. It is answering all my questions, finally, so thank you!!
I totally enjoy your style of teaching...articulate, methodical, and informative! Can't wait to watch all your other clips!
Thanks again Arthur, I haven't watched this video in probably five or maybe 7 or 8 years. I now live in a place where I'm surrounded by large oak trees and I couldn't remember any of these details. I'm going to go out and see what I can scrounge up for good acorns. I remember trying some acorn flour cookies back when we looked at this first. I have never forgotten how delicious they were and every time I see an oak tree I think about those cookies. I'm no longer eating sugar so maybe I'll make a bread or something this time. But very much looking forward to it. I have one of your books, the first volume and I still have to get the second volume but for those who don't know Arthur's books are invaluable tools. Thanks again, Arthur!
Excellent video Arthur. Very well presented and clear. Good information. nice to watch.
AdaptiveNow, the acorns (dried in the shell) can keep for a few years if kept in a cool, dry area. I store them in buckets with airtight lids. The shells and the greater mass of the acorns help them survive much better against oxidizing agents (say, as compared to flour). Once shelled and ground, it is opened up to air exposure and you would want to consume it ideally within a month (though many people consume flour that is over a year old--this is damaging to your health). Best.
This young man is a treasure. Very eloquent, intelligent and educated.
I wish I would have discovered yoh much sooner.
You are a truly impressive human being Arthur. Cheers!
Excellent video, very educational. I've gathered my first batch this year in the woods near my house. They're in the white oak family, hopefully this video will make the task of processing go more smoothly.
This vid was super helpful. Wished I watched it before I collected, shelled, and then ate unripe acorns. Man! my gut was aching. :-)
You did a great job explaining how to process acorns very well done buddy
Probably one of the most useful videos I've watched in a while! 💛
And we have a lot of oak trees near me so I'll definitely be trying this
This was by far the best video on acorns I have seen! Thank you!
Sutrar, your suggestion is a good one and one that I often follow. We use the tannin-rich water for many medicinal purposes, including periodantal/oral issues and as a wash for wounds/burns/rashes. My problem is that my videos are always too long and I need to avoid discussing items I would love to mention. Best wishes.
Very interesting thank you for sharing this important information listening from Bangs Texas
Don't apologise for the length of the video. They are wonderful, and thank you for making them. The old ways of survival is being lost.
Thank you so much for this video, your clarity and thoroughness.
And almost especially your commentary on ancestry. Aho, Mitakuye Oyasin
Dude awesome video. Very well put together. You have a way of teaching that draws the student in and makes things easy to understand. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
I taught my young marines how to make acorn flour and pancakes out of it. They were amazed at how you could make flour from acorns. This next generation has no idea what survival food is all about. I learned many of these things from family members. My Aunt was very wize to foraging from the wild. I thought of her as the smartest person I ever knew.
Imagine a squirrels face if he stumbled upon all that at 11:40
Thank you Arthur. This is an excellent instructional. You are clear and very knowledgeable. Thanks.
Thank you for all this knowledge. I sat next to you at the Plant symposium this morning at FSU. And I bought 2 of your books. Looking forward to reading them this winter. Thank you. Linda "Grow your soil, and your soil will grow your food." Safe journey home.
Thank you Arthur! This video was so helpful as I tried to learn how to harvest and process the nut meat of my local oak trees! I am a better citizen because of you xoxo
PS- please start making videos again
This is extremely well presented and researched! Thank you very much for putting this out there!
One of the most useful resource videos I've seen on this site!
Incredible knowledge. Thank you for sharing!
Big thanks. Very informtive video. Happy to see this food back from the ages.
Thank you for this informative video. I learned several things about acorns that I didn’t know.
Great video chock full of information. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much for this information. I am going to try it. It is almost time for the scorns to drop here in New Zealand and I am going to find them in the wild, I hope.We need to know these things as times are going to be tough. I will learn more form you
Hello Catharina. Another kiwi here.
How did harvesting acorns go for you?
I liked the video. We all have a lot of oak trees where we live. I'm going to try this sometime. I can't wait to see what they taste like!
This is probably the most interesting and useful video I have watched in a long time. Thankyou for this truly informative and valuable content. ;))
I thank you for your work Arthur...really well done!
Thank you very much Arthur, the way you explain everything is great. Simple, comprehensive, interesting.
Fantastic..I love returning back to your vids, cause my memory ain't what it could be.lol. Cheers ;-))
Thank you, Arthur. Good to have a reminder. Keep those videos coming! Vicky and John.
Good job and thank you for presenting concepts and methods.
That was much more useful than the common 'how to TM Inc' bla bla.
You saved me a lot of time and gave me a lot to think about to make what You said better for my use.
It was fruitful and much appreciated of you.
Thank you.
WHAT a terrific teacher. I'd study anything with this guy.
Cool Arthur you clear up a lot of my miss understanding , and you video was very helpful !
Thank you for sharing this wealth of information! Your teaching style is very good! Blessings! Now to look for some recipes! 😋😁
Thanks for this video and for sharing your knowledge so extensively.
Great job on your video presentation Aurthur! I found another advantage to washing the acorns before drying, any acorns that float usually have acorn grubs or some other kind of defect creating an air pocket, a good way of weeding out the grubby acorns that don't yet have an exit hole. I have advanced type 2 diabetes and taking insulin for glucose control, looking forward to seeing how acorn flour affects blood glucose levels compared to wheat flour.
So did this work for you? I have diabetes too and have always been interested in wild foods.
What a great video :) I plan to go and harvest acorns for the first time this upcoming summer and this helped a lot!
Terrific explanation! Very clear and logical. I'm embarrassed to say, I've been doing it all wrong!
Best training video ever. Thank you.
Great video man, here in California we have so many white oaks, and acorns all over the ground now in fall. Can’t wait to eat some, thanks to you!
great video. I like all the details. it helped me better understand.
Thank you Arthur for your information on Acorns. I have gathered some from a white oak in my parents yard and will be processing them as you did here.. New subscriber here.
Great presentation. Thank you. This will be my first time to harvest acorns and your information is perfect.
This is an incredible amount of detailed information. I hope there is a huge body of work in the form of a book or website from you. Thanks for making this video.
Awesome video!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing it again....It looks like I have quite few to view that you have posted.....
Can you tell me how to make acorn bread after processing? Can I add dried fruits and nuts to the dough just before cooking? Can you add honey or is the acorn meal naturally sweet? What would be the best way to cook the bread? I absolutely love how detailed you were and all the information you gave....awesome job!!
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you are a genius my friend ... thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us
That was really amazing. I have never had this process spread out so easily and plaiin as now. It is something I remember from my small childhood but did not have much information. Thank You. Great video.
My bur oak had a huge crop of acorns this August. I will process some and see how the acorn flour tastes. Thank you for the detailed instructions and excellent information and presentation. Cheers
I found your presentation absolutely fascinating. Thank you.
Years ago I took my VW to Tijuana to have the upholstery tuck-n-rolled. When the fellow doing the work removed the back seat he found a huge acorn (big as my whole thumb) that had slipped there when we collected some in the San Bernardino Mountains in California. He told me, had I brought him a grocery sack-full, he'da done my upholstery job for free.
Best video on acorn information and processing. I wish this RUclipsr would make more videos on foraging
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on the acorn as a food source.
Great video- the most comprehensive one I've seen.
Excellent Video! Clear, concise, can not say enough good things about it. It was EXACTLY the information I was looking for regarding acorns as food. Thanks!! Tom
A dissertation on harvesting and preparing acorns. Thank you.
Amazing, love this! I have hundreds of oak trees and I'm very into living off the land! Thank you!!
Excellent info. I learned something new today. Thank you!!
Thanks a lot. I watched the whole thing. I'm one step closer to eating in the free air.
Fantastic video and even more fantastic information!! Thank you.
Very nice and easy to understand video. Thank you for putting this together! I have 5 acres with lots of white and black oaks in California. There is a Farmer's Market in my area but it is not very popular. Arthur, you mentioned the ease of just opening a package and I think this is why. Because if we have pre-made salads for customers they sell like hot cakes. Pies are very popular in the area as well. Perhaps this is a product I can make for my local community and Farmer's Market. And add something like Empanadas or Pies made with acorn flour to satisfy that need/desire for instant food. Definitely "food" for thought! Thank you :)
Excellent help! I'm going to use these instructions as my 2nd and 3rd graders learn about the kinds of food the California Miwok peoples gathered and ate. It will be a great way to show them how patient we have to be as we process food we can eat. We are going to use a grinding stone, not a corn mill, though. I want them to work a little hard!
Thank you for sharing. It would be a privilege attending your class. Peace.
Excellent video !!!! Thank you, you are a great teacher.
a real genius... I appreciate his education and love his video...
Thank you so much for sharing!
That was so clearly explained. Very easy to follow along! Thanks
Thank you! Going to vary this some, leaving plenty for my squirrels and raccoons, of course.
I'm not sure you can out compete the wildlife!
Awww... 🌳🌰🐿️
Brilliant...good job Arthur. Im kinda embarrassed that i only just tried them for the first time today. Such potential. Such an amazing source of healthy free food. Its incredible that most children here in the uk at least believe they are NOT edible!!? What are we teaching our children at school? Very well done bravo. (Y) Inspiring. Thank you.
Thanks for a very clear, easy to follow instructional video. Subscribed and hoping to learn more from this accomplished outdoors expert.
That was incredibly informative and instructive. Thank you for spending so much time and effort putting this up on youtube! I will definitely be making acorn flour in the near future. BTW, is there a known medicinal use for tannin water? Could it be used to treat wounds? I only ask because we had a working sheepdog that got trampled by a horse and as part of his therapy, we used to take him to a local wetlands to encourage him to swim. Anyway, the wound where the vet had done the surgery to pin his crushed hind leg not only healed super fast after only a few visits to the marsh but the poor thing seemed to get some kind of relief by just laying there in the shallows, on the flattened reed bed, soaking his aching leg. The water was so full of tannins, it looked like dark tea and the white fur on his legs and chest turned reddish-brown. I'm pretty sure it was the tannins in the water that helped him. Is that a faulty conclusion?
Leananshae no, not faulty, good question! Tannin liquid is used for healing, particularly burns. I believe it was for ages made into tea, cooled and applied with clean (boiling recommended) rags or sterile gauze. One must use caution to prevent including any bacteria that could cause infection, whether treating burns or other wounds.
Fascinating. Very knowledgeable and well presented. Going to have a go at acorn processing in England. Thank you for sharing Arthur.
Wow, an awesome resource! Can't wait to see that! Thanks in advance!
Thank you brother, you are a fantastic teacher :)
Hello! I am Matt Snell-Callanen's girlfriend (he says he knows you slightly) and I am going to do this tomorrow. Thank you for your marvelous videos!
Classic acorn education video. Thank you, Arthur. This video had a significant impact while I was developing my own method/s for processing acorns. All acorns are at least slightly different in how they behave throughout the process - from gathering and drying to final leaching. Nearly all instructional videos or articles have a degree of misinformation in them, mostly a great deal. This is because locally-based (if not "book") knowledge is assumed to be absolute when it is always relative to your locale. For example, one correction I would offer to what Arthur offers here is that the Emory oak acorns (Quercus emoryi), aka "bellotas" of the northern Sonoran desert (and northwestern Chihuahuan desert), are traditionally eaten, TO THIS DAY, by Sonoran desert dwellers such as Mexicans and Apaches WITHOUT ANY LEACHING WHATSOEVER. None. This is because the tannins are so low, although still present. These acorns form a cornerstone of Apache culture, both material and spiritual. Thank you for your tremendous offering!
You are a excellent teacher.
Amazing and informative! Great presentation. Thank you.