pemmican

• Alimento tradicional de los pueblos indígenas de Norteamérica, hecho con carne magra seca y molida mezclada con grasa fundida, que se conserva mucho tiempo y se usa como comida de viaje de alto valor energético.

A food consisting of lean dried meat that has been pounded into a fine powder and mixed with melted fat, traditionally used by North American Indigenous peoples as a high-energy, long-lasting travel food.

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1. Traditional preserved meatC1formal

   A concentrated food made from lean dried meat that is pounded into a powder and mixed with melted fat, historically used by Indigenous peoples of North America as a high-energy, long-lasting food source.

   Pemmicán

   • The explorers carried pemmican on their long journey across the plains.
   • Pemmican was a vital food source for fur traders in the 19th century.
   • Modern survivalists sometimes make pemmican for its nutritional density.