#pemmican

A photo of the last reunion of the Lakota survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, held in the Black Hills of South Dakota on September 2nd, 1948. Left to right Little Warrior, Pemmican, Little Soldier, Dewey Beard, John Sitting Bull, High Eagle, Iron Hawk, and Comes Again. 

Food: pemmican

Frank Debenham, Antarctica, p.189

Alright, @ask-spidermom you jackass (affectionate)

I made the thing! I halved the recipe because dried fruit is expensive and I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but I finally got the time to make it.

it took a long-ass time to dry my ground beef bc I kept having to leave my apartment to do stuff, so I kept having to bake it over and over. It was in the oven for a total of ten hours.

BUT I MADE IT, and it has been sitting in my freezer to set the lard because that stuff has a super low melting point

I cut it into little squares, and reluctantly took a bite.

and you know what?

You know what?

It wasn't fucking bad! Lean meat with no fucking water content doesn't taste like anything, and neither does lard! So the only real flavor is the ground fruit! (I chose apricots, prunes, cranberries, and blueberries.)

The terrible meat powder was crunchier than maybe it was supposed to be, because I didn't grind it very fine, and if I make it again, I'll definitely decrease the amount of lard because pooled in some spots on the baking sheet making it look a unsettlingly moldy :0(

It just tasted like creamy mixed dried fruit with a little bit of crunch and it was good! None of those things together should taste good!

I hate that it tastes good! Fuck you, Ez! /lh

Pemmican: Make One of the Hardiest Non-Perishable Survival Foods:

Among all of the food preservation methods that are so popular with preppers, there is one little known method that stands out. It is by no means unheard of, but it isn't nearly as popular as it used to be. I'm referring to the process of making pemmican. It's a mixture of tallow (a rendered form of fat), dried meat, and sometimes dried berries, mixed together and cut into bars. A caloric rich food, it can be used as a key component in prepared meals or eaten raw. Depending upon the exact ingredients and method of preparation, the expected shelf life can be anywhere from half a year to 5 years. [Recipe 1]    [Recipe 2]

CONTENTS: 6 Pounds of low fat red meat, 2 pounds of meat fat (tallow) and 1/3 cup of blueberries.

Dry and shred (in a blender) the meat and blueberries into a near-powder.

Boil the tallow down into a liquid and mix in the shredded meat/blueberries.

Spoon mixture into ziplock bags. Press the mixture while sealing to remove as much air as possible. Cool & store.

Related Resources: Learn to Preserve Foods by Canning, Curing, Salting and Dehydration Making Biltong for Survivalists and Preppers Let's Make Hardtack: An Emergency Food that Lasts Years Simple Tips for Building an Emergency Food Supply Author's Reference Link

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