Pemmican (also pemican in older sources) is a mixture of tallow, dried meat, and sometimes dried berries. A calorie-rich food, it can be used as a key component in prepared meals or eaten raw. Historically, it was an important part of indigenous cuisine in certain parts of North America and it is still prepared today.
The name comes from the Cree wordᐱᒦᐦᑳᓐ(pimîhkân), which is derived from the wordᐱᒥᕀ(pimî), 'fat, grease'. The Lakota (or Sioux) word iswasná, originally meaning 'grease derived from marrow bones', with the wa- creating a noun, andsnáreferring to small pieces that adhere to something. It was invented by the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Pemmican was widely adopted as a high-energy food by Europeans involved in the fur trade and later by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, such as Captain Robert Bartlett, Ernest Shackleton, Richard E. Byrd, Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Falcon Scott, George W. DeLong, Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and Roald Amundsen.
Pemmican?
Pemmican (also pemican in older sources) is a mixture of tallow, dried meat, and sometimes dried berries. A calorie-rich food, it can be used as a key component in prepared meals or eaten raw. Historically, it was an important part of indigenous cuisine in certain parts of North America and it is still prepared today.
The name comes from the Cree wordᐱᒦᐦᑳᓐ(pimîhkân), which is derived from the wordᐱᒥᕀ(pimî), 'fat, grease'. The Lakota (or Sioux) word iswasná, originally meaning 'grease derived from marrow bones', with the wa- creating a noun, andsnáreferring to small pieces that adhere to something. It was invented by the Indigenous peoples of North America.
Pemmican was widely adopted as a high-energy food by Europeans involved in the fur trade and later by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, such as Captain Robert Bartlett, Ernest Shackleton, Richard E. Byrd, Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Falcon Scott, George W. DeLong, Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and Roald Amundsen.