After the White oak acorns were cured processed and set aside I now turned to the black oak acorns. As I mentioned earlier I kept these separate. I had never fooled with acorns to this extent. I had heard that the red oaks were 10% oils and the blacks were up to 30% oil. I found that hard to believe so I thought I’d have a go at it. This time, when I cracked out the acorns the meats came out a beautiful yellow color. I later found out that the darker the yellow/ orange the ac

"What about the wildlife? If we forage for acorns, won't the wildlife suffer?" Why does it always seem that there is a conflict of interests between man and nature? We have been lead to believe that one must get their needs met at the expense of the other. The Acornucopia Project begs to differ. 1.) In the beginning most of the foraging that will happen for the project will be in private yards, parks, farm fields and other man made environments. It is much more efficient to

"When it rains it pours" could not hold any truer than with acorns which is a derivation from the old European "Oak Corn". Without apparent reason other than Fall, they just seem to be all over the ground and then they slowly disappear again. It’s one of those magical cycles that come and go with little fan fair and mostly annoyance by the human race. It hasn’t always been that way. Throughout the entirety of man’s evolution, oak trees that dominate much of the temperate regi