pemmican

pem·mi·can also pem·i·can  (pm-kn)

n.

1. A food prepared by Native Americans from lean dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes.

2. A food made chiefly from beef, dried fruit, and suet, used as emergency rations.

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[Cree pimihkaam.]

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pemmican, pemican [ˈpɛmɪkən]

n

(Cookery) 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

[from Cree pimikân, from pimii fat, grease]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pemmican - lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians pemican meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food