Re: Famine foods (was cycad)
- Subject: Re: Famine foods (was cycad)
- From: y*@sfo.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:08:20 -0700
At 10:50 AM +1200 9/5/07, Tony and Moira wrote:
....Acorns have been used as food from prehistoric times in most
areas where they occur. Some at least can be used without
leaching.....
The recent book _Oak: the frame of civilization_ by W. B. Logan has
an interesting chapter on the author's experience eating acorn meal
that he found at an oriental market. He found it insipid, but hours
later realized that he did not feel hungry as he usually did a few
hours after lunch.
Tanya Kucak
Palo Alto, Calif.
