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13th September 06, 08:51 AM
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Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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13th September 06, 08:52 AM
#12
I'm going nuts for that shirt!
A kilted Celt on the border.
Kentoc'h mervel eget bezañ saotret
Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum ægerrume desinere.
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13th September 06, 09:25 AM
#13
 Originally Posted by McClef
Are acorns nuts? :confused:
From Wikipedia.......
The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree (genera Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis, in the family Fagaceae). It is a nut, containing a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns vary from 1-6 cm long and 0.8-4 cm broad. Acorns take about 6 or 24 months (depending on the species) to mature; see List of Quercus species for details of oak classification, in which acorn morphology and phenology are important factors.
Mark Dockendorf
Left on the Right Coast
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13th September 06, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by McClef
Are acorns nuts? :confused:
JUST what I was about to ask!!! It must be something to do with being British! In my innocence, I honestly did not 'get it' when I first saw the illustration, but I have never thought of acorns as being nuts, I must say!
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13th September 06, 11:12 AM
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Nor me Ham!
Maybe we don't think of them as nuts because we don't eat them the way we do the nuts of some other trees?
Well if squirrels like them I guess they must be though! 
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13th September 06, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by McClef
Nor me Ham!
Maybe we don't think of them as nuts because we don't eat them the way we do the nuts of some other trees?
Well if squirrels like them I guess they must be though!
Acorns are completely edible by humans, although we don't very often anymore. I know I haven't tried them. You're supposed to be able to grind them into a flour and use them that way.
There are a couple of recipes here:
http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/minsrec...utsNGrains.htm
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
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13th September 06, 12:53 PM
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Thanks Davedove, I didn't even know that acorns were humanly edible! 
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14th September 06, 08:20 AM
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Native Americans relied heavily on acorns in areas that did not support Chestnut trees. The meat was ground and then rinsed with water to remove the bitterness. White oaks have meatier nuts with less of the bitter taste, and can be eaten as-is if you are really open-minded. Red / Black Oak species have very bitter meat and must be rinsed very thoroughly.
Kilted Teacher and Wilderness Ranger and proud member of Clan Donald, USA
Happy patron of Jack of the Wood Celtic Pub and Highland Brewery in beautiful, walkable, and very kilt-friendly Asheville, NC.
New home of Sierra Nevada AND New Belgium breweries!
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14th September 06, 02:08 PM
#19
You can grind and dry wood if you have to and use it as flour. It's probably not as nice as wheat, but it'll keep you alive.
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15th September 06, 03:35 AM
#20
guid kilt shirt, aye...
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