Pemmican - Wikipedia
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Very Comprehensive Video Guide https://youtu.be/e23njOfpKCU

Pemmican is the ultimate food storage and preservation method. It historically doesn’t need refrigeration

Equal Parts (by weight):

  • Fully dehydrated zero fat meat
  • Rendered fat

1lb pemmican has 1636.8 calories

Any lean meat can be used, from any animal.

The key to its longevity is zero moisture! Some people add small berries, nuts, and salt… but the more things you add the shorter the shelf life

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  • jet@hackertalks.comOPMEnglish
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    29 days ago

    The earliest records of pemmican have it as a first nations (American Natives) invention.

    • psud@aussie.zoneMEnglish
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      28 days ago

      I have found a supplier of 5kg lots of beef suet pretty cheap, and will be having a go at making pemmican in the next few weeks, which should make ~3.8kg of tallow, which (along with 12.65kg of fresh beef) should make 7.6kg of pemmican – enough for 10 to 20 days (all numbers are fuzzy until the tallow is made and measured)

      I have made tallow before so I know that part of the process well

      Do you happen to know a good lean cut to use?

      • jet@hackertalks.comOPMEnglish
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        10 days ago

        I made my first batch. I don’t have any suet yet, just used tallow. No salt. I need a better grinder. So much work for such a small amount of food. Haha

        Grinding the dehydrated beef and sifting it reminds me of pork floss