DCHP-3

fish pemmican

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a preparation of dried, pounded fish and fish fat made after the fashion of pemmican (def. 1).

See: pemmican(def .1)

Quotations

1860
On stopping to cook breakfast we were greatly disappointed to find that the fish pemmican which we were so thankful to get, was nearly all rotten.
1956
For fish pemmican, salmon was dried . . . and then pounded fine in stone mortars. These dried fish could be stored in baskets or fish fats could be added to make standard type pemmican.