Indians of California , before the coming of the Spaniard , subsisted on whatever wild grains , seeds m berries , fruits , greens , roots and bulbs they could gather, and the wild game . Birds, shellfish and insects that these California Aboriginals could capture.
We call the California Indians the” acorn culture” because their dependency on acorns from native oaks as a staple food. In order to make acorns palatable, it was necessary to leach the nuts of their tannic acid. This was done by running water through ground acorn meal. Leached meal was then made into a kind of mash or gruel and eaten with the hands.
Often grains and other foodstuffs were included with in the mush or meat was added to make a stew. Rabbits, deer and quail as well as pheasants were abundant were Abu
Abundant in the California wilds and outback. Clams and abalone were to be easily had for taking along the California coastline, and of course fish were to be found everywhere along streams and in the Pacific Ocean.
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