This consisted chiefly of pemmican, which is frozen or dried reindeer-flesh kneaded with the fat into a kind of paste. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold] Reference
They also brought back pemmican, which is made by chopping buffalo meat very fine, and mixing it with the tallow from the animal. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of American Life and Adventure] Reference
In Canada, we had pemmican, which is dried meat and fat mixed together, and buckwheat groats, which is sort of like a barley porridge. From Wordnik.com. [Across the North Pole] Reference
This kind of pemmican was first produced for the use of the. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
This kind of pemmican was first produced for the use of the Norwegian Army; it was intended to take the place of the "emergency ration.". From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations] Reference
Fish "pemmican" was sun-dried fish ground to powder. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers in Canada] Reference
This kind of pemmican was first produced for the use of the Norwegian. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
I wish I could make the letter shorter, but it is pretty much "pemmican" already. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference
I am sorry to say that I cannot tell you of any book (readable or otherwise) that will convert my "pemmican" into decent broth for you. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley]
We laid down 1,370 pounds here, chiefly dogs 'pemmican. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Depot Journeys] Reference
Our pemmican was in rations of 2 kilogram (1 pound 12 ounces). From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
Besides the pemmican, we had biscuits, milk-powder, and chocolate. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations] Reference
Hai had made short work of his pemmican, and looked round for more. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
Again the cups are filled, this time with more solid stuff pemmican. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Through the Mountains] Reference
The Primus hummed and hissed, and the pemmican-pot bubbled and spurted. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Through the Mountains] Reference
Men's pemmican, 59 1/2 pounds (350 grams, or 12.34 ounces per man per day). From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Through the Mountains] Reference
Take store of pemmican and all things necessary for light travel and quick. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Case No. 3: 124 rations of dogs 'pemmican; 10 bags of dried milk and biscuits. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
More singular contents I have never seen -- a mixture of pemmican and sausage. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim] Reference
"But what has that to do with us, Frank; we have no pemmican in camp, have we?". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery] Reference
When their thirst was a little quenched, great interest was shown in the pemmican. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Return to Framheim] Reference
We had just swallowed the grateful warm pemmican when the sun suddenly showed itself. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Return to Framheim] Reference
Dogs 'pemmican, 277 3/4 pounds (1/2 kilogram, or 1 pound 1 1/2 ounces per dog per day). From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Through the Mountains] Reference
We obtained from Moss two kinds of pemmican, one made with fish and the other with meat. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations] Reference
Case No. 2: 112 rations of dogs 'pemmican; 11 bags of dried milk, chocolate, and biscuits. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
The pemmican we took was essentially different from that which former expeditions had used. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations] Reference
I believe it must have been feeding them on fresh meat and pemmican together that did this. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Return to Framheim] Reference
On the pemmican which they made from these buffaloes they depended for their winter's food. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
In 81º S. we laid down a depot consisting of fourteen cases of dogs 'pemmican -- 1,234 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Depot Journeys] Reference
The cranberry-raspberry sauce kind of melts throughout, and you have something like warm pemmican. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Case No. 4: 39 rations of dogs 'pemmican; 86 rations of men's pemmican; 9 bags of dried milk and biscuits. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
The dogs 'pemmican in the depot was just enough to give the dogs a good feed and load up the sledges again. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
I hit him over the nose with the whip-handle, and tried to take the pemmican from him, but it was not so easy. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole] Reference
The pemmican was cooked remarkably quickly that evening, and I believe I was unusually industrious in stirring it. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Through the Mountains] Reference
Among the most portable kinds of solid food are pemmican, jerked meat, wheat flour, barley, peas, cheese, and biscuit. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference
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