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> We're thinking of collecting (a part of) the acorn harvest this fall and
> trying to make acorn polenta. You need to peel the acorns, crush the
> acorns, leach the acorns (at least four times over eight hours) in order to
> remove tannins and other things, and then bake the mush.
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> If our blender can't handle acorns, the project is clearly a non-starter...
If the blender doesn't work, try putting them in a plastic bag and banging the hell out of them with a hammer.
Frances