The Franciscan friar, standing before a low, whitewashed ranch house, raised his hand in blessing and his voice in prayer, “En el nombre del Padre y del
They poured hot water through baskets of acorns to leach out the bitter-tasting tannin. There were enough oaks at the Pio Pico site to support at most 33 villages. “The nutrients in the acorns, combined with other foods, provided a complete diet for an individual.”
The people roasted grasshoppers, yuccas, and ate abalone. But their number-one food source was the acorn, shaken from branches of Coast Live Oak trees. They poured hot water through baskets of acorns to leach out the bitter-tasting tannin. Hector estimates that there were enough oaks at the Pio Pico site to support at most 33 villages and a minimum of 3. “The nutrients in the acorns, combined with other foods, provided a complete diet for an individual.”