[MD] is-ness

[MarshaV]

The idea of this bread and these pancakes is so wonderful..., so amazing.... 
It seems that it should be the most common experience to make these recipes, 
but it is like a special secret.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather Perella" <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] is-ness


>I still have not done this, but maybe this autumn.  My time has been freed 
>up tremendously, so, probably this will happen.
>
>
> --- On Wed, 10/24/07, Dan Glover <daneglover at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Dan Glover <daneglover at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MD] is-ness
>> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>> Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 12:51 PM
>> > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:06:30 -0700
>> > From: spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com
>> > To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>> > Subject: Re: [MD] is-ness
>> >
>> >> [SA]
>> >> What do you add to the flour for this bread?
>> >> Just water and then bake? Interesting.
>> >
>> >
>> >> [Ron]
>> >> I'm going to have to ask my mom, I think she
>> may
>> >> have
>> >> A recipe or two.
>>
>> PREPARATION OF GROUND ACORN MEAL
>>
>> Pick up several cupfuls of acorns. All kinds of oaks have
>> edible acorns. Some have more tannin than others, but
>> leaching will remove the tannin from all of them. Shell the
>> acorns with a nutcracker, a hammer, or a rock.
>>
>> Grind them. If you are in the woods, smash them, a few at a
>> time on a hard boulder with a smaller stone, Native American
>> style. Do this until all the acorns are ground into a
>> crumbly paste. If you are at home, it's faster and
>> easier to use your mom's blender. Put the shelled acorns
>> in the blender, fill it up with water, and grind at high
>> speed for a minute or two. You will get a thick,
>> cream-colored goo. It looks yummy, but tastes terrible.
>>
>> Leach (wash) them. Line a big sieve with a dish towel and
>> pour in the ground acorns. Hold the sieve under a faucet and
>> slowly pour water through, stirring with one hand, for about
>> five minutes. A lot of creamy stuff will come out. This is
>> the tannin. When the water runs clear, stop and taste a
>> little. When the meal is not bitter, you have washed it
>> enough.
>>
>> Or, in camp, tie the meal up in a towel and swish it in
>> several bucketfuls of clean drinking water, until it passes
>> the taste test.
>>
>> Squeeze out as much water as you can, with your hands. Use
>> the ground acorn mash right away, because it turns dark when
>> it is left around. Or store in plastic for freezing if you
>> want to make the bread and pancakes later.
>>
>> ACORN BREAD
>>
>> 2 cups acorn flour
>> 2 cups cattail or whole wheat flour
>> 3 teaspoons baking powder
>> 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
>> 1 (free range) egg
>> 1/2 cup soy milk
>> 3 tablespoons olive oil
>> Beat together and fashion into loaf. Grease pan with lard.
>> Bake for 30 minutes or until done at 400 degrees
>>
>> ACORN PANCAKES
>>
>> Break an (free range) egg into a bowl. Add:
>> 1 teaspoon olive oil
>> 1 teaspoon of honey or maple syrup
>> 1/2 cup of ground and leached acorns
>> 1/2 cup of corn meal
>> 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
>> 2 teaspoons of double action baking powder
>> 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
>> 1/2 cup of soy milk
>>
>> Beat all together. If the batter is too thick to pour, thin
>> it with soy milk. Pour pancakes into a hot, lard greased
>> griddle and cook slowly until brown on both sides.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Moq_Discuss mailing list
>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
>> Archives:
>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
>> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
>
>
>
> Moq_Discuss mailing list
> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
> Archives:
> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/