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In times of war, some soldiers used ground acorns as a coffee substitute. Acorn coffee was made during the American Civil War and the Germans made their own version during the World Wars calling it ersatz coffee. |
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By *ir toot OP Man 24 weeks ago
Burton-on-Trent |
"In times of war, some soldiers used ground acorns as a coffee substitute. Acorn coffee was made during the American Civil War and the Germans made their own version during the World Wars calling it ersatz coffee."
Actually kinda interesting! |
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"You can train squirrels to eat acorns from your hand they really are quite keen on them.
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"Roadkill squirrels are eaten by other squirrels. The dead bodies of none roadkill squirrels are good for nest insulation" |
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By *ir toot OP Man 24 weeks ago
Burton-on-Trent |
"I no don’t think I’ve got any acorns round near me. I’ll have to check.
Send acorn pics! Haha
😂 that’s really made me laugh for some reason "
I'm glad it did!
I'm quite tipsy so I'm just well..I don't quite know actually what I'm doing right now.
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"I no don’t think I’ve got any acorns round near me. I’ll have to check.
Send acorn pics! Haha
😂 that’s really made me laugh for some reason
I'm glad it did!
I'm quite tipsy so I'm just well..I don't quite know actually what I'm doing right now.
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Enjoy it x don’t slip over on the acorns tho! |
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By *ir toot OP Man 24 weeks ago
Burton-on-Trent |
"I no don’t think I’ve got any acorns round near me. I’ll have to check.
Send acorn pics! Haha
😂 that’s really made me laugh for some reason
I'm glad it did!
I'm quite tipsy so I'm just well..I don't quite know actually what I'm doing right now.
Enjoy it x don’t slip over on the acorns tho! "
I'll try, I fell asleep for a little, now drinking water!. |
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By (user no longer on site) 24 weeks ago
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"A corn on the cob is quite different to acorn 
It is also not the same as a corn on your foot 
But you can put butter on them both"
And you can put both in your mouth  |
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Almost 11 years ago, we took our two toddlers collecting acorns at the local country park.
They collected a bucketful each. We managed to successfully propagate 6 of them.
One is in a pot on the patio doing well, and another one stands just over 8ft tall in the back garden.
They will likely outlive the children who picked them. |
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By *ripfillMan 24 weeks ago
Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant |
In the New Forest - pigs are allowed to roam free searching out acorns for a high protein food source it’s called locally as Panage
Acorns are high in tannin too and soo identification of oaks often a reliable method of identification is by their fruit - an acorn
( hardwoods have their seed encased in flesh eg an apple - where as softwoods have thief seed exposed in a pine cone for example, ) |
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By *ripfillMan 24 weeks ago
Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant |
"Almost 11 years ago, we took our two toddlers collecting acorns at the local country park.
They collected a bucketful each. We managed to successfully propagate 6 of them.
One is in a pot on the patio doing well, and another one stands just over 8ft tall in the back garden.
They will likely outlive the children who picked them."
Lovely idea I have several now which are Bonsi in form - grest for kids to get out and get involved |
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"The Dutch word for squirrel is "eekhoorn" which is pronounced the same as acorn. This can leed to some confusion.
What is Dutch for acorn ?
Eikel"
But if you translate "Eikel" back from Dutch to English you get "Jerk" |
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