rick is trying to crush acorns Published February 28, 2015 at 584 × 336 in The Walking Dead, Season 5, Episode 11, “The Distance” Yuck. I have read that while acorns are certainly edible, and can be crushed to make a meal, or a flour, that they are extremely bitter, and must be soaked in water for a long, long time to leach the bitterness out.