Yeah, or make them flour and make some nice stuff with it.
But I think you should shell them first…
Like one of these
https://bargainbriana.com/5-creative-uses-for-acorns/#:~:text=5 Creative Uses for Acorns 1 Make a,4 Donate them%21 … 5 Start seedlings.
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Yeah and then make acorn squash
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I would say some kind of lichen complex.
It’s a good book, but mostly relevant to eastern US. Here’s a link describing two ways to process the acorns. I haven’t tried it myself, but supposedly the flavor differs between the two.
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Thanks for the link, I’ll open it to read it later.
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Given the discussion in: Any tips/recipes for eating acorns? would leeching the galls like an acorn help flavor?
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I don’t think so.
Apparently, cold water leaching is the best way to leach acorns of their bitterness (if not the slowest).
And, as this article points out, you can always use your toilet:
https://backyardforager.com/cold-leaching-acorns-three-ways/
Might work for the galls? Surely there’s an intrepid naturalist and an active toilet somewhere…
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But if you have water restrictions due to drought?
After Cape Town faced day zero for municipal water, we still use grey water from our showers to flush. No endless stream of clean water flowing thru our cistern.
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