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

The next moment Mixley and McGrath entered and took Pemmican away.

From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton

Half way down the corridor Challoner met Pemmican, head card-dealer of Cradlebaugh's, a man with a pasty face, a low brow and shifty eyes—a man who knew his business.

From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton

For six dogs: Pemmican, one pound per day for eighty days, four hundred and eighty pounds.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.