pemmican

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pemmican Mixture of dried, powdered meat and fat, with berries, used as a concentrated food source by native Americans (the name derives from the Cree for grease). First reported use on an expedition was by Scottish fur trader Alexander Mackenzie when he crossed North America in 1793.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

pemmican

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pemmican (among N. Amer. Indians) meat prepared by drying, pounding, mixing with fat, etc. XVIII. of Algonquian orig.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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