pemmican

American  

[pem-i-kuhn] / ˈpɛm ɪ kən /

Or pemican

noun

1. dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.

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pemmican British  

/ ˈpɛmɪkən /

noun

1. a small pressed cake of shredded dried meat, pounded into paste with fat and berries or dried fruits, used originally by American Indians and now chiefly for emergency rations

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Etymology

Origin of pemmican

1735–45; < Cree pimihka·n, derivative of pimihke·w he makes pemmican (mixing together the grease and other ingredients), he makes grease < Proto-Algonquian *pemihke·wa, equivalent to *pemy- grease + *-ehke· make

Example Sentences

Pemmican could be made into “hoosh,” a stew, to which the occasional fresh dog or pony meat would be added.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2011

"Pemmican, nuts, rolled oats, milk powder and chocolate will be our chief food supplies," he told Berliners.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was thus that McGrath found him when he entered to announce that he had brought down Pemmican.

From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton

"How much would you take, Pemmican," he went on, "to swear that Challoner did not commit this crime?"

From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton

We built our snow-hut upon the west coast, near Pemmican Rock, after a march of 19 or 20 geographical miles.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold