i have some vague recollection .... which you can research ... that the indians threw them bagged in the river... to leach the tannins out ... and then crushed them and used it to make some sort of bread or something like that ...

ken

go figure .. lol .... even a blind nut can find an acorn once in a while ....

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=indian+acorn+bread&t=ffcm&ia=recipes

ps: give them a tiny bite.. and i bet they will NEVER put an acorn in their mouths again ... thats how i learned ... lol ...

Could be sweet or bitter chestnut! Have a bite as it really won't kill you. If it's sweet, it could be a sweet chestnut commonly used in Chinese cooking. If bitter, can be used for conker - a game!

The nut in the OPs post is not a chestnut, either sweet or horse, imo. The shape, size, colour and patterning all say acorn.

floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK You could be right. I think I said COULD BE!

Mya plantLOVER, it could be a Volvo too, but it's not. But it could be.

hahahaha

Tannins in acorns (& there’d be an awful lot of tannin in that oak section Lobatae acorn) have some mild toxic effects but only if you consumed quite a number of them while somehow ignoring the horrible bitter taste the tannins cause. It’s one of those self limiting things...

dbarron, I don't think any sensible person would venture Volvo as an answer! But you could. And glad that this could be a source of amusement.

One thing for sure, it's not a peanut! LOL!

but it could be.....