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Let’s Make Pemmican!
March 12, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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 a beef-based pemmican with nuts, berries, honey, and herbs.
Everyone takes home a some pemmican, plus the knowledge and recipes to make plenty more for family and friends!