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Old November 8, 2016   #8
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Some are edible but some need the tannins leached out or they are too astringent. Without looking at the link above (yet) they are seeds and seeds usually have all nutrients needed for initial growth. I think they should be a good ingredient.
All Quercus acorns are edible AFAK. Some raw, others need processing, which is easy. Obviously, some taste better than others, but not in the sense of bad flavour, just not much flavour. Best ones are better than the best chestnut. Simply amazing.

Some have a lot of oil of very high quality, olive oil quality.

Humans have eaten acorns for longer than wheat, and have selected them for millennia.
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