Pemmican is this stuff that native americans have used as a staple of their diet especially when travelling. It's basically ground up dried meat with rendered fat added and dried berries of your choice. It will keep forever ( a few years at room temperature). It's a great snack or meal, it's compact, and really nutritous. It's really good for hikers and campers....and low carbers. I have never made it before. I just sliced my meat and was about to put it in the oven but realized I need something else from the store....got to get some baking racks. It takes 6-12 hours to dry the meat depending on the oven, so I think I will get the rest of what I need and do the actually drying tomorrow so I can start first thing in the AM. Plus, I think I have come down with a stomach flu.....or quite possibly my body is just trying to rid itself of the garbage I ingested this past week, lol.