Acorns are a super sustainable source of sustenance that you can forage from the forest to your front yard! In this video, Wren discusses the different types of acorns, how to identify a good nut, foraging tips, processing acorn meat, and how to use your acorns to make DELICIOUS food. Let us know if you have any acorn recipes below! NOTE: The labels on the oak leaves at 3:57 are swapped- the left leaf is a white oak and the right leaf is a red oak. Read more in Wren's Insteading Article https://insteading.com/blog/how-to-eat-acorns/ Products Mentioned: Davebilt Nutcracker https://shop.davebilt.com/Davebilt-43-Nutcracker-43.htm Meat Grinder (example) https://amzn.to/3iPg33S Nature's Garden by Samuel Thayer https://www.foragersharvest.com/store/p3/NaturesGarden.html#/ Hank Shaw https://honest-food.net/ Practical Self Reliance https://practicalselfreliance.com/ Pascal Bauder http://www.urbanoutdoorskills.com/ 0:00 Intro 0:55 Acorns as a food source 2:55 Foraging Acorns 4:15 Good and Bad Nuts 6:15 White Acorns and Red Acorns 7:00 Acorn Weevil Larvae 7:27 Cracking Nuts 8:04 Sorting and Prepping 9:20 Leaching 10:20 Acorn Flour 11:15 Acorn Recipes 13:55 Additional Resources 14:54 Conclusion