Squirrel Food

Fall is approaching . . .

. . . and the oak tree outside our front door is starting to drop acorns in our yard.

Joy recently learned that acorns are very nourishing (after you shell them, grind them up, and soak the bitter tannin out of them), so she decided to harvest some and give them a try.

I thought her experiment sounded intriguing, so I pounded a few acorns with a frying pan in the kitchen.  Unfortunately, as we later learned from our friend the internet, early acorns are hard to shell, and are more likely to be infested with acorn weevil larvae.  Of the dozens of acorns we pounded, only a handful were usable.  Maybe we'll try again in a month.  Or maybe we'll just leave the acorns to the squirrels.