Can you eat acorns? Yes! And they are very useful. The benefits of acorns: ancestral knowledge, culinary recipes What to do with acorns from oak

Dear doctors and healers! They rightly say: “Live forever and learn…” No matter how hard we try to expand our knowledge, there will always be something that can surprise us. So recently, while walking in the park with my granddaughter, I saw a woman who was busy collecting acorns. At first I thought: I was looking for them for some kind of home crafts - many nowadays are interested in such things, making decorations for the home interior from natural resources. And when she met and started talking, she found out that she was collecting the fruits of a century-old oak tree for her home medicine cabinet.

“I’ve been healing with acorns for several years now,” said my new friend. - Yes, and my husband also appreciated this method of treatment. Although our health problems are different, acorns successfully help me in treating the pancreas, and my husband in the fight against such a scourge as a hernia.”TOUnfortunately, I was not able to ask in detail about the secrets of such treatment during a short meeting. Therefore, now I address the questions to you: how true is the statement that acorns can be a universal remedy for a hundred diseases and how to treat them at home?

These miracle oak fruits are literally under your feet.

Collect them in your home medicine cabinet: see for yourself their healing power!

Acorns are successfully used in folk medicine for treatmentenuresis, genitourinary disorders, diseases of the female and male genital area. In addition, they have a wonderful effect in treating stomach and heart diseases!

■ It is known that in Germany there is a unique clinic where patients are treated exclusively with the help of folk remedies. And the direction where acorns are used as a kind of panacea is a priority there. In our country, a wide range of readers know little about the healing properties of acorns. The fruits, unusual in shape and beauty, are considered not to be of any special value, and only a few healers know that the list of diseases that are successfully treated with the help of acorns and compositions prepared on their basis includes more than two hundred items. For people uninitiated in the secrets of the “green pharmacy,” acorns may be of interest primarily because they, as a universal healing agent, are within walking distance. There are no costs for purchasing them, the method of preparing potions based on them is simple and affordable, and the effect of treatment with these drugs is often very impressive!

My friend never complained about his health and only sometimes noticed a strange dry mouth. I was in no hurry to see doctors. Sitting in a long line at a clinic so that the doctor can then spend the standard seven minutes with you is not a happy prospect. Perhaps this is why his elevated blood sugar level was detected at the stage when diabetes had already firmly established itself.

The glucometer gave a depressing result. With such blood glucose levels, urgent hospitalization is usually required.

I won’t lie, in my hospitalto an acquaintanceI had a chance to lie down. And then the harsh everyday life of a diabetic began, when the main emphasis had to be placed on pills. They ensured success, although mostly variable. And this continued until my friend, by pure chance, found out aboutproven method over the years taming diabetes using acorns.

A healer he knew gave him the recipe for this remedy. The drug was not at all expensive and easy to prepare. My friend did not forget about the pills, but significantly reduced their number.A month later, my sugar levels returned to normal. And this remarkable result was achieved with the help of acorns.

THE MYSTERY OF MIRACLE FRUITS

In autumn, while walking in the forest or in the park, we often see seeds of various plants under our feet, but most often we are interested in acorns. They always attract our attention: after all, almost every adult in childhood made little men, horses, entire sets of dishes and other craft toys from natural materials from acorns.

common oak

Oak is a monoecious plant: its flowers are unisexual, but bloom on the same tree. The male flowers are very beautiful - they are yellowish-green earrings, thin and long, somewhat similar to hazel earrings. They hang from oak branches in bunches, but they hardly stand out in color - young oak leaves have the same color. The female flowers are very small - they are even difficult to see - they are small greenish grains with reddish tips, and they are located separately, at the ends of special thin branches - 1, 2 or 3 pieces.

It is from these flowers that acorns are made - they grow in the fall. You need to collect ripe acorns, green in color, hard to the touch, if pressed with your finger, it means they are wormy.

You need to dry it like this: Place on a baking sheet in a single layer and place in a preheated oven for five minutes. During this time, most of the acorns will burst and turn a dark brown color. Then open the oven and let it dry for another hour. Make sure that the acorns do not burn.

Then take them out and cool. When cool, peel and place in a jar with a tight lid.

In order to prepare a coffee drink, you need to grind the acorns in a coffee grinder, brew it like coffee, at the rate of one teaspoon of powder per cup of water.

Add sugar to taste.

The resulting drink is quite tasty, somewhat reminiscent of cocoa with milk, and very tonic.

Acorn coffee is especially beneficial for children suffering from scrofula and rickets (coffee strengthens the abdominal organs and eliminates hardening of the mesenteric glands) , as well as for cough, bronchitis, asthma. Children are given twice a day: morning and afternoon. A coffee drink made from acorns is very useful for heart diseases.

BREAD FROM ACORN.

Acorns served as food for humans even before the patroness of agriculture, Ceres, taught people how to tillage - this is what the ancient Romans believed. Archaeological scientists believe, not without reason, thatThe first “bread plant” should be considered not cereals - rye or wheat, but oak.

For example, during excavations of ancient Trypillian settlements on the territory of modern Ukraine, dried and ground acorns were found. Our ancestors baked bread from this flour more than 5,000 years ago. Acorns are very nutritious, but tannins give them a bitter taste. If you remove these substances, you can prepare some original dishes from acorns.

Tannins are easily removed by soaking.

AND Those who want to can try baking acorn “bread”. Recipe

borrowed from the book of the famous popularizer of botany N.M. Verzilina.

It is better to collect acorns after the first frost. They are peeled, cut into four parts, filled with water and soaked for two days, changing the water at least three times daily.

After this, the acorns are heated in water until boiling (2 parts water to 1 part acorns) and passed through a meat grinder. The resulting mass is dried - first in a thin layer in the air, then in a stove or oven until it begins to crunch like crackers. Dried acorns are crushed or ground in any way. With coarse grinding, you get cereal from which you can cook porridge, and from flour you can bake flat cakes. True, acorn dough does not have stickiness and viscosity, so the cakes break when turned over.

To avoid this, it is recommended to cover the frying pan with the flatbread with a second identical frying pan and turn them both over - the flatbread simply falls from one frying pan to the other, where it is finished cooking. If you grease the cakes with jam, marmalade or cream and place them in a stack on top of each other, you will get a delicious cake. Soaked and lightly fried pieces of acorns can easily replace nut topping for a cake.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT?

Acorns contain the flavonol quercetin, a very active substance that has many healing properties:he's filming swelling, spasms and inflammation , has diuretic and antioxidant effects. Quercetin is not dangerous to animals at all, but it is toxic to humans, but it is destroyed when soaked and heated.

Acorns have often been used in folk medicinefor treatment enuresis, genitourinary disorders, diseases of the male and female genital area, acute colitis and toothache.

But compositions based on acorns have earned particular popularity, making it possiblemaintain normal blood sugar levels.

There are several of them - from simple to complex, but even those that require some time investment are within the power of everyone.

It should be noted thatIt is best to begin a course of treatment with these remedies during this autumn period, when in forests and parks you can collect the necessary supply of acorns for treatment for the whole year.

So, how to treat acorns for diabetes?

The use of acorns fordiabetes

1 . For diabetesYou need to grind dried oak acorns in a coffee grinder and take 1 teaspoon of this powder orally an hour before meals in the morning and at night.

2. Grate the acorns on a fine grater. 1 teaspoon of acorns should be eaten half an hour to an hour before meals on an empty stomach, and in the evening, an hour after meals. You can drink water and eat nothing else.

Treatment is carried out according to the following scheme:Eat acorns for a week, then rest for a week. Get a blood test this week. Then again a week of acorns - a week of rest and a blood test. Do this 2 — 3 times, but up to 4 times. After 3 sessions, blood sugar is normalized.

3. Pour one glass of dried acorns without peel, minced through a meat grinder, into 1.5 liters of water, boil for 30 minutes over low heat, leave1 day, boil again for 30 minutes and leave again for 1 day. Strain, add 1 glass of vodka to the broth, mix and drink 3 small sips 5-7 times a day, regardless of meals.

Course of treatment - 2 weeks . Check your blood sugar and then act depending on the condition. The medicine must be kept in the refrigerator. In the future, to prevent your sugar levels from rising, take this medicine. 2 once a week.

4. One tablespoon of acorn coffee per 400 ml of boiling water, add sugar to taste. Take once a week. Drink in 3-4 doses in the early stages of diabetes.

FOLK RECIPES FROM ACORN

Acorns have a bactericidal, enveloping, antitumor effect . Oftenused in the treatment of the genitourinary system: they stop heavy menstruation, are used for women's diseases , increase potency, treat enuresis .

Acorns help well withgum treatment and toothache, useful for various types of poisoning . In addition, oak fruitshave a beneficial effect on the digestive system: their decoction is used for stomach disorders, acute and chronic colitis.

Ripe oak fruits are collected and dried in a dark place for 3 — 4 weeks (you can use a dryer - at a temperature of 50 degrees for 2-3 days). Then the fruits are crushed and stored in a dry place. It is not recommended to harvest too many fruits - the raw materials quickly deteriorate.

For stomach upsetsTraditional medicine recommends an infusion of acorns: pour 1 teaspoon of crushed fruits with a glass of boiling water, cool, strain.

Take half a glass orally. for 3 times a day. The duration of the course is a month, after another month it is recommended to repeat it.

For heart diseasescoffee made from acorns is good. The fruits need to be lightly fried until reddened, crushed and brewed like coffee. Add milk, sugar.

For the treatment of herniaWarm 25% tincture of acorns in red wine is used as compresses.

Pancreatitis.You will need the original recipe of the Chisinau healer G. Kuznetsov, who advises collecting ripe acorns, but not dried on the trees, but fresh ones, drying them in the shade, separating the “caps” from the acorns - pluses, pour 1 tablespoon of such “caps” with 200 ml of boiling water for 2-3 hours, strain.

You need to start taking it with one teaspoon and gradually increase it to 60 - 70 ml per day. If the taste is unpleasant, then soak the bread in the infusion and take 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. He also recommends eating acorns until the functioning of the pancreas returns to normal.

For asthma, cough, bronchitis, heart diseasedrink acorn coffee - it is prepared as described above.

The hernia is being treated, applying warm compresses of 25% acorn tincture with red wine to the area.

For nervous diseases, anemia, polymenorrhea (long menstruation), scrofulaJuice from green, unripe acorns helps. Peeled acorns are passed through a meat grinder and the juice is squeezed out through several layers of gauze. Take 2 tablespoons with the same amount of honey 4 times a day before meals.

To prevent bedsores in bedridden patients,use acorn oil. To prepare it, a glass of acorns, always ripe and without shell, is passed through a meat grinder and poured with boiled vegetable oil on the finger above the acorns. Leave in a dark place, stirring once a day. After 40 days, filter and use as needed.

Diseases of the genitourinary systemTreat with juice from green acorns with honey: 2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals. Thanks to their bactericidal effect, acorns are often used to treat inflammatory female diseases - for example, they normalize heavy periods.

So,acorns have a number of medicinal properties: they have bactericidal, enveloping, astringent and antitumor effects; treat gum disease and toothache; reduce and stop bleeding; improves stomach function and is very useful in case of poisoning ; stimulate the functioning of the genital area and bladder; used to strengthen and color hair.

Just don’t eat raw acorns—it’s actually harmful to the bladder; and of course, before you start using them for medicinal purposes, you must consult your doctor.

The hernia doesn't bother me anymore!

About eight years ago my dad gotinguinal hernia.

They did not perform the operation, anddad was treated in his own way: took 0.5 cups of peeled, crushed acorns, mixed with 50 g of crushed bark and a handful of leaves, poured 0.75 ml of red fortified wine, left for 2 weeks, shaking often; then, straining, squeezing.

I soaked a piece of gauze in the resulting tincture and applied it to the hernia overnight. I secured the top with film and covered it with something warm. I did this twice a week at night. The hernia stopped bothering me.

How we treated my mother for diabetes!

Many people ask for help in treating diabetes. We treated mom with acorns

ThisbIt was autumn, somewhere in October. We collected acorns and grated them on a fine grater. 1 teaspoon of acorns should be eaten half an hour, an hour before meals on an empty stomach and in the evening, an hour after meals. You can drink water and eat nothing else.

We gave mom acorns for a week and then did a blood test. Then my mother didn’t take it for a week and they did a blood test again, and again a week of treatment and a blood test. We did this 2-3 times, but some do it up to 4 times.

Before the start of treatment, my mother had black nails on her hands and feet, her limbs were rotting, and her skin was turning black. The surgeons only offered amputation.After 3 sessions of treatment with acorns, my mother began to heal and stopped leaking wounds , and blood sugar returned to normal . God willing, this method of treatment will help you too!

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Our ancestors respected and valued oak trees. Food was prepared from their fruits, and wood was used to build houses and boats. Songs and legends were written about the oak. The benefits of oak acorns helped treat illnesses, and nutritious drinks restored vigor. It’s time for modern man to return the forgotten glory of the famous tree.

What are acorns

Huge oak trees reproduce by seeds. They are called acorns. The kernel is covered by a dense pericarp. On top there is a small wooden cap - a plus. The nut is elongated, its length is 3 - 5 cm. They ripen by mid-autumn and fall ripe to the ground.

Description and types

Oak is a deciduous or evergreen tree. Its height is 30 meters. The trunk diameter is 3 - 5 m. It grows actively up to 200 years. Further growth continues in breadth. Under natural conditions it forms oak groves.

Oaks are shade-tolerant plants that easily tolerate heat and drought. The tap root is long and the lateral branches make the oak tree resistant to any wind. Trees are planted along roads, streets, and parks. They are not afraid of city dust and gas pollution.

Oak leaves are simple, with serrated or smooth edges. In spring they are bright and green. By autumn they get dark. They appear late, some of them do not fall off in winter. The oak has a strong and even trunk. The bark of young oak trees is light. It darkens with age and becomes covered with deep cracks. The crown is thick, dense, spreading. Flowering begins at the end of April, simultaneously with the appearance of leaves. Male flowers are long greenish catkins. Female flowers are small, solitary. They are pollinated by the wind. The oak tree begins to bear fruit after 40 years. Scientists have described 600 species of oak trees. They differ in the shape of the leaves, crown, and trunk height. In Russia, the most common variety is pedunculate oak. Its fruits contain a lot of tannin and have a bitter taste. Its close relatives are the “Skalny” and “Mongolian” varieties.

White oak is distinguished by its edible, tasty acorns. Nuts of the “Black” variety are bitter and need to be soaked for a long time. Large, sweetish fruits grow on holm oak. The Kellogg variety provides raw materials for aromatic, healthy cereals.

Composition and properties

Oak seeds consist of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Vitamins and minerals nourish the body, saturate, relieve pain, restore strength:

• vitamins A, E protect cells from destruction, restore them, strengthen bone tissue, increase immunity;
• PP regulate metabolic processes, restore nerve cells, remove “negative” cholesterol;
• vitamin B activates brain function;
• fiber supports beneficial bacteria and intestinal microflora;
• potassium, iron, manganese normalize the functioning of the circulatory and cardiovascular systems;
• tannins relieve inflammation and swelling.

Fresh, unprocessed acorns contain toxins harmful to humans. Water and heat treatment completely destroy them.

Where do they grow?

Oak groves can be found throughout the planet where the climate is temperate. They grow on plains, mountain slopes, on all continents except Australia.

Tree nuts are collected in northern Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe. In the vastness of Russia, 11 species are known. China is the leader in the number of oak varieties. Scientists have described 100 varieties of trees.

Application

Every person, at least once in his life, has made crafts from oak fruits. Funny animals or soldiers with helmets. But few people know that there are many more ways to use oak bark, nuts, and plant leaves. Frames for windows, doors, and railway sleepers are made from strong, weather-resistant wood. They assemble furniture, ship decks, and parquet. Forest birds, animals, domestic pigs, rams, and chickens feed on oak seeds.

The correct answer to the question of whether a person can eat oak is in the affirmative. Their beneficial properties have been known for many centuries. Medicinal tinctures, coffee, pastries - this is not a complete list of the “edible” features of oak fruits.

Can you eat acorns? You cannot eat acorns in their raw state. You can have them:

• simmer for 30 minutes, drain the water periodically until it becomes clear;
• soak for 3 days;
• air dry, fry in a pan or use the oven.

Bitter, toxic substances will be destroyed. Oak nuts are ready for consumption, making nutritious dishes and medicinal preparations from them.

In cooking

How do they eat acorns? Cooks use oak kernels whole or crushed into powder, flour, crumbs:

• oak acorns, fried, doused with honey, thick jam or sauce, are eaten as a snack;
• Toasted oak seeds are ground. The powder is poured with boiling water, milk and sugar are added. The nutritious coffee drink is ready;
• Acorn flour is diluted with hot water and milk, stirred well. Add eggs, granulated sugar, and a pinch of salt. The flatbreads are fried in a frying pan using vegetable oil. If you knead the dough with kefir, you will get pancakes;
• porridge for breakfast. Bring 200 ml of milk to a boil, add 20 g of acorn crumbs and sugar. Cook until thickened. Turn off the gas and hold the pan under a towel for half an hour.

Oak kernel oil is considered a delicacy. Manual collection of raw materials, lack of special equipment for processing, low yield of marc are the reasons for the absence of the product on the market.

In medicine

The pharmacological industry and traditional medicine offer bark, kernels of different ripeness, and tree “caps” for healing:

• oak bark contains tannins. The decoction has an astringent effect. Used to treat inflammation of the mouth, gums, and throat. Rinse with a glass of warm broth 6 times a day. A tablespoon of infusion, if drunk 5 times a day, stops diarrhea. Relief occurs already on the second day.

Cooking method:

20 g of crushed oak bark is poured into a glass of hot boiled water. Heat in a steam bath for half an hour. Filter, the remaining raw materials are squeezed out. The volume of the resulting decoction is adjusted to 200 ml with boiled water.

• decoction of crushed kernels:

Pour 5 ml of powder into 200 ml of boiling water. Strain the cooled infusion. Take 100 ml three times a day to normalize intestinal function in case of prolonged cough. Gargle your throat, gums, and aching teeth until you recover.

• half a glass of green acorn juice with a tablespoon of honey stops inflammation of the genitourinary system;
• decoction of pluski:

The caps are removed from the ripened nuts and dried. Pour a tablespoon of boiling water and leave for two hours. The decoction helps with inflammation of the pancreas. The initial dose is 5 ml. In two weeks, increase the intake rate to 50 ml.

Contraindications

Despite the benefits of acorns for humans, there are contraindications that you need to be aware of. Oak preparations are prohibited for those who:

• allergy to nuts and their components;
• individual sensitivity;
• thrombophlebitis;
• exacerbation of ulcers, gastritis;
• constipation;
• gallbladder diseases.

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should consult a doctor. Free fruits are undeservedly little used. Botanists and nutritionists have proven that modern people can not only eat oak acorns, but also use them to treat various diseases, get rid of pain, and strengthen the nervous system.

I hope everyone managed to stock up on acorns? If not, then maybe it’s not too late to look? And not in order to make crafts from them, but in order to eat them.

Since childhood, I have dreamed of snacking on acorns, but because of their bitter taste, it is impossible to fully do this, just take a small bite. Having reached the point of readiness for incarnation in the next life in the form of a pig, it was decided to find a way to prepare them at all costs.

In general, the process of turning acorns into food comes down to processing them into flour.

To do this, we dried the collected acorns for several days, peeled them and dried them a little more.

They peeled them off.

To rid the acorns of bitterness, they soaked them for five days, changing the water as many times as desired. I think this is the most important stage.

Dried it again.

Passed through a meat grinder twice. Not an easy stage!

Once through a coffee grinder.

The result is real flour, from which you can now bake something.

Add wheat flour for stickiness, stir with a small amount of water and salt. Here's the dough.

Roll out and cut out flat cakes with a cup.

Fry them in sunflower oil and sprinkle with vanilla sugar.

I would not call this the most delicious dish, despite the fact that it was the most difficult and time-consuming for us to prepare. But I achieved what I wanted, I ate acorns and it wasn’t disgusting. It was even tasty, as tasty as oak fruits can be.

Almost all the methods that modern survivalists use are based on the fundamental knowledge gained by our ancestors, who lived in very difficult conditions, and often ate things that modern people would not even look at. But this knowledge can really save the lives of those who, for example, get lost in the forest or fall behind a tourist group. It is extremely useful to know which ones you can eat, which ones are edible, and what you can eat in general. Today we will talk about a product that is associated with human food almost in the last place. Meanwhile, North American Indians have been eating it since ancient times. They did not lag behind them in medieval Europe and Korea. And now this nut is more associated with food for wild boars and with the rat squirrel from the cartoon " Ice age". As you understand, we will talk about acorns. So…

Acorns

An acorn is a dry, single-seeded fruit enclosed in a rather hard shell. Characteristic of plants of the beech family or Fagaceae, Where such popular plants includelike beech, chestnut and oak. It’s oak acorns that we’ll be talking about.

Like all seeds, the acorn contains a huge amount nutrients needed for sprout development. And which are extremely attractive to various animals. Therefore, evolution has developed a special method of protection - all acorns contain a special tannin - quercetin, which makes them extremely unpleasant to the taste. Of course, some animals don’t really care about this anymore - evolution, after all, it works on both sides. But humans are unable to eat most types of acorns without prior processing.

People are lucky. The fact is that quercetin is easily washed out of acorns, especially when heated. So repeated boiling makes the acorns soft and quite tasty. Their hard shell also softens, so the edible core becomes much more accessible. After this, you can make almost anything from an acorn.

In Korea, for example, acorn flour and acorn starch are especially popular. And in medieval Europe, acorn coffee was highly valued, which successfully replaced traditional coffee due to its high cost. Also, porridge was made from acorns, cakes were baked, and in general they were used as food almost everywhere.

The collection of acorns begins in early October. To begin with, there is a healthy fruit-bearing oak tree. Under it, a place is cleared from already fallen acorns - they are probably sick and worthless. After this, the actual assembly begins. There are two options - either wait until the ripe acorns fall on their own, or gently shake the tree. You can also pick the acorns yourself - the ripe ones should separate from the stem with a light pressure. It is not recommended to collect green fruits, fruits with wormholes and those whose caps have fallen off. Due to quarcetin, acorns can be stored for an extremely long time and can be prepared immediately before use.

But we are much more interested in the use of acorns in extreme conditions. The fact is that all tannins are an excellent aid for intestinal disorders and gastritis. Therefore, acorn coffee is not only a rather tasty drink, but also very healthy. In addition, acorns also help from, which, alas, can happen to anyone. So keep in mind, an acorn is exactly what will help you not die of hunger in the late fall, when most other edible things have already run out.

Read more about acorns and methods of consumption in our article in the section “ Edible parts and recipes for processing and preparation«

Living in cities, we gradually get used to considering only what can be bought on supermarket shelves as edible and healthy. Of course, you won’t find acorns there - but in vain! After all, this is both a valuable nutritious product and a natural first aid kit in one bottle. Humans should also enjoy oak nuts, which serve as food for forest squirrels and livestock - the main thing is to know how to make coffee or bread from them. In addition to their nutritional benefits, acorns have many other uses - we will talk about them today.

Starting from afar

Nowadays, acorns have practically lost their “divine” and “magical” functions - but they were once the most important in people’s interpretation. In Ancient Hellas, it was believed that the mighty oak appeared before all the trees on earth, and its fruits - acorns - became the food of the human race. The ancient physician Galen wrote in his works that they are more nutritious than all other seeds and can even compete with cereals. The most powerful and oldest specimens of oak were considered by the Hellenes to be statues of Zeus - by listening to the rustling of their leaves, priests predicted the future. The oak branch was a symbol of strength, power and nobility of the family, therefore the bravest warriors who distinguished themselves in battle were awarded oak wreaths.

In Ancient Rome, acorns retained the imprint of Zeus - here they were called “fruits of Jupiter.” As in Ancient Greece, the Romans retained the highest honor - awarding the victorious commander with a wreath of oak leaves. In many countries, to this day, an oak leaf, branch, wreath or garland serves as an emblem of valor and courage in military insignia. The Romans valued acorns for their healing properties: they believed that bitter nuts restored youth and gave unprecedented strength in love - so they ground them and mixed them with wheat flour before baking bread.

In the myths of the northern peoples, oaks still “propped up the sky,” and their fruits, according to myths, bestowed immortality and fertility. Among the German-Scandinavian tribes, the oak was the Tree of Life, and acorns were the sacred fruits of Thor. The Druids swallowed these nuts whole, because they were convinced that this would give them the gift of clairvoyance. They called the day of the summer solstice “Day of the Oak” - a time when people could remember the purpose for which they came to earthly life.

Archaeological excavations on the territory of modern Ukraine have shown that the Trypillians who lived here 5,000 years ago at that time ate acorns, and not wheat or rye. And, presumably, to be healthy and prosperous - the whole world has heard about the highly artistic culture of Tripoli. Among the Slavic peoples, the oak was dedicated to Perun - already the fourth Thunderer on our list. Later, the tree became a symbol of the clan and a link with the ancestors, to whom people came to ask for advice (by God, “” in Russian!)

At all times, oak was considered the strongest magical tree, and all its parts were used to make amulets. Modern research shows that it is much more useful to “communicate” with a live oak: it really has powerful energy, helps to clarify consciousness and cleanse it of all illusions, of everything artificial. As for the acorns themselves, they belong in the kitchen!

Use in cooking

The nutritional value of acorns is really great: they are rich in starch, ß-carotene, various acids, essential oils and tannins.

Recipe " acorn coffee“goes back to ancient times: our distant ancestors stocked up on bitter nuts in September and prepared an aromatic, nutritious and medicinal drink from them. Of course, it was not called “coffee”, but something else, but that’s not the point. To prepare such a wonder, acorns must be shelled and ground. The resulting powder should be poured with twice as much water and the mixture should be boiled in a sealed container over low heat until a paste forms. It is recommended to dry it and fry it over low heat. After this, the mass must be ground again in a coffee grinder, blender, or, as a last resort, passed through a meat grinder. Such a preparation can be stored for a long time in an airtight glass container (“jar with a lid” in scientific parlance). And in order, after such a long fuss, to finally enjoy a cup of drink, pour a tablespoon of “coffee” with 250-300 grams of hot water (or milk), simmer for 3-5 minutes over low heat, strain - and here it is, joy. If natural bitterness is not very to your taste (in vain, in vain), you have the power to conjure a spoon over the sugar bowl - this will make the acorns neither hot nor cold - just maybe sweet.

But for cooking bread, pancakes or acorn porridge you will have to pre-soak them for two days to get rid of the astringent bitter taste. First, of course, they need to be peeled and cut into four parts - and only then filled with water, which should be changed three times a day. After this, the oak nuts can be transferred to a saucepan, filled with twice as much water and heated to a boil. After this, the acorns need to be crushed and dried, scattering the mixture in a thin layer on paper napkins. If you simply grind them, you get cereal for porridge, and if you grind them, you get flour. What to do with the latter - figure it out yourself.

Acorns in medicine

Here, acorns are famous for their bactericidal, enveloping and antitumor effects. Their decoctions have a beneficial effect on digestion, help with acute and chronic colitis, stomach upsets, and various types of poisoning. Acorns work well in treating gums and soothing toothache. They really increase potency and help against infertility, and also treat enuresis, diseases of the genitourinary system, anemia, rickets, scrofula and various nervous diseases.

Other uses of acorns

It turns out that acorns (and other parts of oak) can also help deal with wrinkles if eaten. Another little-known use of wooden “cups” of acorns of the downy oak (Quercus pubescens), growing in the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent areas of Asia, is the production of ink from them for dyeing fabrics and wood, as well as for tanning leather (may animal rights activists forgive the oak) . And, of course, acorns are perhaps the main component of autumn crafts made from natural materials, which each of us at one time or another made for school exhibitions or just for fun. By the way, in “flying weather” imagination can turn this pasture into amazing home decorations or toys for kids!