Damaeus wrote:
> Omelet > posted:
>
>> Squirrels eat acorns too and the tanins are toxic. They have to be water
>> processed before eating them. Get a field guide to local edible plants.
>> It'd be safer!
>
> Squirrels evolved eating lots of acorns. If we had eaten them for a time,
> they wouldn't be poisonous, but might still taste like crap.

I've read how to leach the bitter out of acorns to be able to dry it and
use it as flour. More work than leaching the bitter out of olives.

I have a simpler way to eat acorns. Let the squirrels eat them. I like
squirrel over a camp fire. Shot fresh and skinned today. Nothing but
the fire and a bit of worchestershire sauce. Yum. Acorns delux!

> I've heard
> that we can eat onions, but onions are toxic to cats. I dropped a piece
> of white onion on the floor. One of the cats walked up to it, sniffed it,
> then squinted her eyes and backed away, even doing her head side to side
> like she was saying "No way!"

On a recent episode of Good Eats, Alton Brown mentioned that onions are
bad for dogs as well.