In this excerpt from chapter 11, “Preserving in Oil, Butter, and Other Fats,” she provides a recipe for making pemmican bars from rendered fat, dehydrated meat, and other ingredients of the ...

Pemmican is made from dried meat, rendered fat, and optional add-ins like dried fruits or nuts. It requires no refrigeration and ... If you try this recipe, let me know how it turned out.

A method to preserve meat was to smoke it. One of the most popular ways for early Minnesotans to preserve food, however, was to make pemmican ... so tight that no more could fit.