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Quercus bicolor Cultivation | Propagation | General Uses Edible Uses: Seed - raw or cooked[105, 161, 226]. A rather sweet flavour[159, 235]. The seed is quite large, about 2 - 3cm long and 15 - 20mm wide[82, 200], and unlike most other oaks, is attached to the tree by a long stem[183]. It matures in its first year[235]. The seed can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread[183]. The seed from some trees can contain bitter tannins, these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost. Either the whole seed can be used or the seed can be dried and ground it into a powder. It can take several days or even weeks to properly leach whole seeds, one method was to wrap them in a cloth bag and place them in a stream. Leaching the powder is quicker. A simple taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. The traditional method of preparing the seed was to bury it in boggy ground overwinter. The germinating seed was dug up in the spring when it would have lost most of its astringency. Roasted seed is a coffee substitute. For further Quercus bicolor gardening information |
