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| Topic Started: Oct 8 2015, 07:28 AM (135 Views) | |
| Durgan | Oct 8 2015, 07:28 AM Post #1 |
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I am in the process of making pemmican. I only saw the Indian stuff about 100 years old in Saskatchewan in a newly ploughed field. There were probably a 100 or so basketball sized pemmican turned over by the plough. They were clay damaged and almost like rubber. The fur traders lived on it as did the early settlers. Nobody could make it like the Indians. It was the food for the Winter and apparently stored for long periods. This was the days before Big Macs and Pizza. I am drying eye of round, some blueberries and cranberries. Also rendering some fat in the oven. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-pemmican/#axzz3ntpMlQ9i How to Make Pemmican |
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| FuzzyO | Oct 8 2015, 08:03 AM Post #2 |
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Planning an expedition? |
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| Darcie | Oct 8 2015, 08:49 AM Post #3 |
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I once tasted the real stuff in the Yukon, it is vile. |
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| Durgan | Oct 8 2015, 11:07 AM Post #4 |
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From the article in the link Now, my pemmican wasn’t exactly delicious. In fact, it tasted a bit like bland dog food. Maybe I’ll jazz it up next time with some more salt and spices, but I don’t think pemmican is meant to be eaten for pleasure. This is utilitarian food, perfect for long treks through the wilderness. It gets the job done, and I’ll probably make it again. It definitely doesn’t taste bad; in fact, the taste grows on you after awhile. Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-pemmican/#ixzz3nvFad0sH |
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| Durgan | Oct 8 2015, 11:16 AM Post #5 |
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I seldom eat meat or much fat, so decided this might be a necessary addition to my diet. Most of my food is bland so pemmican need not be particularly flavorful for my purposes. Anyway for now it is an experiment and results will be known in a few days. |
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| FuzzyO | Oct 8 2015, 03:48 PM Post #6 |
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Your diet does seem a little weak in protein. I would think a hardboiled egg every day or so would be just as good and very easy. |
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| Trotsky | Oct 9 2015, 02:39 AM Post #7 |
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Are you going to juice it? laugh123
What is a mixture of dried lean meat and fat doing in a field? Edited by Trotsky, Oct 9 2015, 02:43 AM.
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| Durgan | Oct 9 2015, 03:55 AM Post #8 |
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I assumed the area was an old cache of Indian food. Arrowheads were often found in the area. This was virgin land. The first breaking by the plow. Norther Saskatchewan, Carrot River, about 1948. |
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| Durgan | Oct 9 2015, 04:35 AM Post #9 |
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Made the pemmican today. http://www.durgan.org/2015/October%202015/8%20October%202015%20Pemmican/HTML/ 8 October 2015 Pemmican First attempt at making pemmican.Ingredients are eye of round beef, blueberries, cranberries, gruel, saturated with rendered beef fat. All the ingredients were dehydrated and beat into a powder in the blender. They were mixed thoroughly and saturated with rendered suet or fat, and made into bite sized balls. The balls were wrapped in clear plastic and stored in a closed container for storage at room temperature. The finished product is tasty and has many calories.Pictures depict the simple process. Posted Image |
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