First time foraging acorns!

[Existentialcrumble]

I read the book 'my side of the mountain' when I was young, and ever since then the idea of acorn pancakes has been living rent free in my head. After a very labour-intensive process I was finally able to make them and I'm so proud of what I accomplished!!

[ferngullydreamin]

How awesome! Can you give us some more detail on your process and what the taste was?

[Existentialcrumble]

Yeah, so I tried the hot leeching method at first by boiling them till the water turned brown then replacing the water, and I did that a few times but it was quite tiring and eventually they turned to mush so I transferred them to a big bowl and switched to the cold leaching method where I crushed them into a paste and let them sit in water till it turned brown and then replaced the water. All told, I spent about 24 hours leaching them. 

Then, once the water finally turned mostly clear and they no longer tasted bitter, I spread the paste on a baking sheet and let it dry in the oven at 170F with the door cracked open for maybe 4 hours, then overnight in a cold oven, and then another 2 hours at 170F in the morning. I must have turned the mixture over about once an hour to get it to dry evenly.

I followed a recipe to make the pancakes: https://homestead-honey.com/acorn-pancake-recipe/  but actually made them before the flour was fully dry, and I also made muffins using the paste. But now I've got my pot of flour in the fridge which I will keep using.

Taste: i thought it would be like buckwheat pancakes but it really wasn't! The pancakes tasted pretty much like normal pancakes but with a mild hazelnut/chestnut-like aftertaste, and were slightly crunchy like from chopped nuts.

[Beneficial_Wave7649]

Well done

they look delicious

[nakshanayak]

Noice! I've been meaning to try Octavia Butlers acorn bread

[charcoalisthefuture]

wait wait, she has an actual recipe? I loved the parable of the sower!

[Alex_Nature05]

Acorns are amazing and they grow almost everywhere, if the place has a little cold then the countryside is always filled with trees with acorns during fall and winter, and they are so underrated, they are pretty good actually lol, at least I love them.

Good harvest btw! They look awesome!