pem|mi|can

pem|mi|can
pem|mi|can or pem|i|can «PEHM uh kuhn», noun.
1. dried, lean meat pounded into a paste with melted fat and pressed into cakes. It was an important food among certain tribes of North American Indians.
2. a somewhat similar preparation, usually of beef, with sugar, currants, and other flavoring food: »

A Cree Indian word for the conglomerate mixture of dried, shredded, and pounded meats, berries, roots, seeds, and whatever good or bad extraneous object may become trapped in the kneading, pemmican was—and is to this day—the “bread of life” of cold-country explorers (Wall Street Journal).

[American English < Algonkian (Cree) pimikan < pimikew he makes grease < pimiy grease]

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