Oak oil ?

I was shelling Walnuts today when I had an idea since I plan to make walnut oil in the future is there any milage in making oil from acorns .
Acorns are edible is you wash them a zillion times to remove tannins but I thought if they contain a useful oil like walnuts then removing water soluble tannins should ba a doddle from the oil . Just mix it with the water a couple of times jobs a good'n .
Anyone tried this ? would it be a good cooking oil ? for salads ? or even a fuel ?

David

I got curious and did a search.
5 to 30% oil and tastes pretty bad.
Some info here
http://www.biofuelsforum.com/threads/351-Pressing-oil-from-acorns

Thanks for that Roy I read through the reports it appears that the tester did not try to extract the tannins though . So I can understand why it tasted so bad .-)

David

I process several bushels a year for flour. In my experience they are A low. Oil nut compared to walnut.

My three red oaks are shedding a million acorns right now. The squirrels and jays are fat and happy. But I've collected up a basket of them and was wondering about getting oil out of them. I've had it on my to-do list to get a Piteba oil press for stuff like this. Does anyone do that? And does anyone have an idea for extracting the tannins?

Here is a fellow proposing a way to use alcohol to remove the tannins.