“Mr. Brill, who mills his own acorn flour from nuts collected in Central Park, alternatively suggests placing the sack in a toilet tank for a month. Each flush will provide a quick rinse. ‘The tank isn’t contaminated with sewage,’ he said, ‘but be warned that the tannins will turn the toilet water brown.’”
-Unless the alternative is starving to death, eating acorns doesn’t seem worth it.
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