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There are reportedly no acorns in New England, Virginia, Washington DC, New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oregon, parts of Canada including Nova Scotia, and Germany. I can only speak for my city and that is Cleveland, Ohio. There are NO acorns in Cleveland for the first time in my life. Very credible sources (like scientists) report in an article that there are no acorns to be found in an area, and then someone in a comment section will say they have loads of acorns in their yard in the same area.
I'm going with my own observations. There are no acorns in Cleveland, Ohio.

There's plenty down here in South West Florida...In fact it seems like an overabundance

I live in Central Jersey and most years by early November my property is blanketed with with acorns. I didn't think about it until I saw this post, but this year there are none.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

Do nuts run in cycles? We're renting, on the East Coast. I know NOTHING about the trees here...but I DO know that when we looked at our place in March, the ground was COVERED with nut shells. Now, it's fall...and there is a nut to be seen, on the trees OR on the ground.

It's great to hear that acorns are indeed falling this year. I'm glad this is not another bee mystery. Nutcrackers, anyone?

I have my share, and possibly yours too.

Trillions of acorns here in N. Florida. They outnumber rednecks 1,000,000 to 1.

It looks to be just in the DC area.

I made a huge pot of Emeril's beef stew while watching the rain here from Hurricane Ike. Chili grind beef will start showing up at Tom Thumb the week of the first "cold front" and I will make a huge pot of chili and will use the leftovers on a big pan of chili and cheese and onion enchiladas.

Roasts of all sorts!!! Chicken, pork, beef, maybe even lamb. Thick stews, my stick-to-your-ribs tomato sauce (probably not at all authentic, but delicious all the same), occasional soups...

One interesting thing has happened to my perception of fall/winter foods. I used to think of all the root vegetables (beets, carrots, potatoes, turnips, etc.) as cold-weather vegetables, but my CSA has reminded me that they grow all summer long. I've been eating carrots, potatoes, and beets all summer. We had turnips in June! It's just because these vegetables cellar well that I (and I think most people) associate them with fall/winter.

This is when I start putting the holiday fruits and mincemeat (apple-raisin, no meat) to crock so that I can bake some serious brandied or rummed chocolate fruitcakes and whiskey-raisin cakes which by Christmas and New Year's will be well aged and divine!

I can't believe summer is over, but I actually really like fall. I love anything with pumpkin...soups, desserts, cookies. I'm soo excited!!

Same as most of you, I guess - stash the grill, and fire up the oven. It's braise and roast time.

At the moment, I am heavily craving two fall things - roasted and pureed winter squash as a pasta sauce with pine nuts, and brown rice and lentils cooked with some apple cider and allspice with caramelized onions on top.