Let’s Make Pemmican

Pemmican is the ultimate survival food; it is delicious and healthful as well.

Lil’ anecdote:

Anthropologist and explorer Vihljamur Stefansson observed that the Inuit would spend weeks away from camp with nothing more than pemmican to eat and snow to drink. Despite this extremely limited diet, they would return in sterling condition.

While living with the native peoples, Stefansson himself adopted a pemmican habit enjoying the same health-preserving results. European settlers quickly embraced the practice as well, trading with the Native Americans to obtain this valuable, lightweight, and nutrient-dense food while learning to make it themselves.

Neat!

Properly made pemmican made with just meat and fat if stored properly lasts many years, even decades. We’ll make some yummy and interesting varieties with nuts, berries, honey and herbs, along with various proteins.

Everyone takes home a few types of Pemmican, plus the knowledge and recipes to make plenty more for family and friends!