When you are hungry and have had to resort to a less desirable food source, the time for research and development becomes available.
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robocall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In California, native Americans made acorn porridge. They collected the acorns, shelled and roasted them, ground it into a flour, then leached it because it’s full of bitter tannins, and then they can cook the leached acorn meal into a porridge. It is crazy and multiple steps to get there. Mind blowing stuff.
Routhinator@startrek.website 3 days ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah you start by trying to eat the stuff that seems like it could be food because you need food, then once you get it edible (using the basic techniques), then you can focus on trying to make it palatable.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 days ago
Preparing a meal is a super involved process, but getting the acorns should be extremely easy compared to farming grain.