Here is a link on how to prepare acorns for eating: [link] It further suggests that it might be easier to get the nutrition of acorns by harvesting the things that eat the acorns, i.e. squirrels.

I also want to figure out how to eat acorns. I used to gather BUCKETS of them because they were awesome.

Now those are usually edible. Some are a bit bitter with tannin, but you can draw some of that out. However, those huge ones? I hear they are the nom roasted.

ION I still want that dress. I wonder if eShakti.com will still offer that dress come next spring when Buffistas fancies turn to fancy dress for Prom.

It's acornapalooza!

Finished s1 of Leverage. And two things have come of it.

1) am in love lust with Parker (not as much as I am for 'Fred from Angel).

2) I really want those in-ear comm system for my running crew. Dude! Those are the BOMB! Except, of course, no way to Mute the mic. And those of us who have spent time on headset know, that really sucks when allergies hit, chewing ice, well chewing anything, and of course, "natural" breaks. Nobody needs to hear that. Does not deter from wanting. Of course will never afford, so will chalk in same likelihood as item #1.

Must go to sleep now. Can't sleep in until 2pm Tuesday, like I've done all weekend. AND! In the afternoon, I get a phone call with a legend of Sound Design! Woot!

I've never had cashew or almond fruit, I'm jealous. I want to try them.

Same here. Mmmmm drupes! I'm fairly certain I've never heard that word before.

1) am in love lust with Parker

I'm in love with the whole crew.

Miami! Woot! I went to bed before the end, but could hear the cheers from the boys.

Where did I get the idea that the liquid that surrounds a cashew nut - or cashew "nut" - is poisonous?

I had thought that something in the fruit or outer skin was caustic - I've heard it mostly in the context of it being dangerous/painful for the people doing the harvesting. Huh.

Most almond extracts are made from the nut inside the pit of apricots. Cherry pits also have that same almond flavor.

When I was a kid I always loved it when a peach pit was a little cracked and you could work it open and see the part inside that looked like an almond.

I still do! No, really.

Aha! That would explain why my "allergic to nuts" neighbor brought over that nummy cashew/miso green bean thing that one time. (I guess it's easier to tell people who are cooking for you "allergic to nuts" than "allergic to nuts except for these things which are nutlike but botanically distinct.")

I have coffee, but I am not waking up.