"Theresa" > wrote in message >...
> >>>> The most basic recipe would be
> >>>> to combine equal parts of rendered fat and dried meat. That's it.
> >>>> Beyond that, you can add whatever types of nuts or berries you
> >>>> like. You can even use onions, garlic, salt, pepper...basically
> >>>> whatever will dry well and add calories or taste good. The ratio
> >>>> would stay at 1:1, with any additional ingredients being counted
> >>>> with the meat. For example:
> >>>>
> >>>> Basic Pemmican
> >>>>
> >>>> 1 cup fat : 1 cup dried meat
> >>>
> >>> Or substitute other solid ingredients for the meat?
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >
> > Got it, thanks! :-)
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>> Why so high in fat? Is it really necessary? I'm asking out of
> >>> curiosity,
> >>> not argument. :-) Would it be bad to do, say, 1 cup fat, 1 cup meat
> >>> and 1 cup dried fruit?
> >>
> >> Traditionally, fat was used as a binder and to add calories. The fur
> >> traders weren't concerned with fat content, per se. I'm sure one
> >> could get away with much less fat in the recipe, but you'd have to
> >> experiment a little to get the ratios right. The fat is what holds
> >> everything together. Your above suggestion of 1:2 would probably
> >> work out fine...but again, you'd have to test it to be sure.
> >
> > While this may not really be a diet food, I'd probably be tempted to
> > at least try... ;-) Keto-diet foods are not notoriously low in fat
> > anyway, and sometimes the workload at work gets to the point where
> > easy munchies are a GOOD idea. :-)
> >
> > If/when I play with this, I'll post recipes, but probably to
> > rec.food.cooking.
>
> Oh, that'll be a FUN cross-post. ;-)
>

Did and done... ;-)
It will be interesting to see how they respond to a thread about
pemmican recipes.....

C.