Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.
Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
A food made from dried buffalo meat, grease and berries.
Indian food made by mixing powdered jerky with dried berries and hot tallow, then packed and stored in skin or gut bags. Used by Indians and mountain men. This is a high energy survival food.
Dried lean meat pounded into a paste with melted fat and pressed into cakes; used as field rations by early expeditions.
A concentrated food used by North American Indians consisting of lean meat dried, pounded fine, and mixed with melted fat.
dried lean meat ground into a paste with melted fat; this preserved food was used by the voyageurs.
lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians
a Native American recipe that includes buffalo meat, berries, nuts and fat that are ground together, and dried.
Dried beef or venison meat pounded into a powder and mixed with fat and dried berries.
The staple food of many Plains and northern tribes, pemmican could be made of almost any type of meat. On the Plains, bison meat was most commonly used. The meat was dried in strips, then pounded into a powder. The meat was put into a hide bag, mixed with dried Saskatoon or other berries and melted fat poured over all. When solidified, pemmican stayed fresh for a long time and could be eaten as is or boiled into an instant stew.
dried, lean meat pounded into a paste with melted fat, sometimes flavored with dried berries
Indian word for pounded dried meat combined with dried berries or currants, mixed with melted fat and stored in cakes. It could be eaten as it was or turned into a rich soup by adding water and heating over a fire.
A mixture of shredded, dried meat and dried berries with an equal amount of beef fat. Seeds or meal may be included. Perennial Lasting throughout the year (as in a stream). Pestle A handheld stone used to grind food or other materials in a mortar hole.
Pemmican is a concentrated food consisting of dried pulverized meat, dried berries, and rendered fat. It was invented by the native peoples of North America, and widely used during the fur trade and later by Arctic and Antarctic explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen as a high-calorie food. Properly packaged, it can be stored for long periods of time.