Shoe's Pemmican

Shoe on Nov-24-2005 at 12:06 PM RST @ 24.180.72.198

Cagey Rat on Nov-23-2005 at 11:28 AM RST @ 207.250.116.151 Anybody know of any use for chunks of deer tallow? I thought all you Canadians knew how to make pemmican! Shoe's Pemmican Kill and dress a deer. Dig a hole in the ground. Line it with the deer skin. Add water, the larger bones (cracked with rocks), and the deer tallow. Build a big ass fire. Down wind of the fire, hang strips of the lean deer meat to make jerky. Heat rocks in the fire, and cycle them into the deer skin pot. Do this until the jerky is ready. Skim the purified fat from the top of the deer skin pot. Have your woman pound the jerky into a near powder using her favorite rock tools. Knead the fat, jerky powder, and dried cranberries into single meal patties - voila, pemmican! And to answer the inevitable question... Yes, Mother, you can add this to the rat cookbook.