DCHP-3

pemmican straight

Fur Trade, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See: pemmican(def. 1)

Quotations

1926
The kind largely in vogue with the voyageurs was "pemmican straight." This was un-cooked, and was eaten after mixing it with a little flour and frying it in a pan. The appetite had to be sharp and there had to be nothing else to eat to make "pemmican straight" seem palatable.