pemmican
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- noun
- /ˈpɛmɪkən/
- US
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pemmican
- During the expedition, we carried pemmican as an essential source of energy on our long journey.
- ate pemmican
- make pemmican
Examples
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We handed out presents of our own: moccasins, jerky, and our last cake of pemmican.
Fiction book (1994) -
The women cooked, prepared pemmican, cleaned and dried hides, stripped meat to dry, and made utensils.
Fiction book (1992) -
Our women make all the clothes, make many weapons, and make pemmican.
Fiction book (1992) -
Where were the last two hundred pounds of pemmican?
Fiction book (1999) -
He would eat the pemmican that night.
Fiction book (1994) -
Some of the meat would be mixed with berries and herbs and made into pemmican, which would last for months.
Fiction book (1992) -
Our food was hot, and we ate a meal of powdered potatoes, bacon, sugar biscuits, and noodles and pemmican soaked in melted cheese and butter.
Fiction book (1996) -
The Indigenous peoples of North America traditionally prepared pemmican using dried meat and melted fat.
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To survive long winters, travelers often relied on pemmican, a nutritious food made from dried meat and berries.
Synonyms
A high-energy food made from dried meat pounded with melted fat
How Energy-Rich
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pemmican comes from an Indigenous North American word pimîhkân, and the part pimî means 'fat' as it passed into English through French. Because pemmican is dried meat mixed with melted fat for long journeys, the name helps you remember it is a high-energy, long-lasting food.