ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : Looking to the Oaks for Food
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Acorns were a dietary staple for Native American residents in the early days of Orange County.
Groves of oak trees attracted migrating tribes, who would harvest the acorns.
Working together using communal stone mortars, they would then pulverize the acorns into a fine meal that was cooked into a mush.
Source: “Historical Highlights of Orange County,” First American Title Insurance Co.
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