Acorn, also known as acorn, has the following specific uses.
1, application in feed industry. In the folk, when the grain harvest is not good, acorns can be eaten as food to help people through hunger; If it is a bumper harvest year, it can be used as feed, and domestic animals can gain meat after eating it. Acorns are rich in nutrients such as starch, crude protein and crude fiber, which are basically the same as corn, so acorns can be mixed with corn to make feed.
2. Application in fermentation industry
The starch in acorns has a wide range of uses, which can be used for wine fermentation and ethanol production, and can be widely used in medicine and chemical industry. It is an excellent solvent for the production of medicine and chemical products. Since 1956, there have been alcohol factories in China making ethanol from acorns.
3. Application in food industry
Acorn starch can be made into vermicelli, acorn cake, acorn sauce, acorn jelly, acorn rice wine, acorn tofu and so on. It's delicious.
4. Application in textile industry
Acorn starch has better permeability than grain starch and can be used as sizing agent in textile industry. When used in textile, it can reduce the breakage rate of loom and keep the sizing quality stable. ?
5. Application in petroleum industry
Acorn starch is used as retarder and plugging agent in petroleum industry. Acorn starch and its cellulose are the best renewable raw materials for producing petroleum alternative energy. ?
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The origin of acorns
It is said that acorns are older than rice and wheat. The history of people eating acorns can be traced back to at least 600 BC. In the past long years, acorns were the main food for many mountain people.
In the Tang Dynasty, Pi Rixiu wrote an "Oak Sigh", in which he wrote: "Autumn oak is ripe, hazel hills are scattered, yellow hair is melancholy, and morning frost is picked up. When it was moved, it began to be full. The Japanese side filled the basket and steamed it several times, which served as food for three winters ... "There are dozens of famous oak trees in northern China, such as Quercus liaotungensis and Quercus mongolica, Quercus albiflora, Quercus alpine and Quercus spinosa in the south, and Quercus variabilis, Quercus acutissima, Quercus Quercus Quercus and Quercus acutissima in the north and south.
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