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To: Texas Mom

I thought acorns were toxic to humans


22 posted on 12/14/2008 11:31:09 PM PST by valkyry1
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To: valkyry1

If you leech out the tannins, they are edible.

It’s the tannic acids that make them bitter and probably not terribly healthy.


24 posted on 12/14/2008 11:36:08 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg
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re: I thought acorns were toxic to humans

Perhaps you are thinking of tomatoes

66 posted on 12/15/2008 4:35:18 AM PST by C210N (The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
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