Vietnam Era US Pemmican Ration tin?
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:04 pm
These are screenshots I took from an episode of Ray Mear's Extreme Survival:
You can see it here:
If the timecode doesn't work in the link, skip to 26m23s
(not sure how long the video will stay up for future readers, if not it's Ray Mears' Extreme Survival S03E05)
Apparently this is some sort of pemmican ration, but I can't seem to find ANYTHING on the internet about it. All the pemmican rations come in a round can and appear to be for civilians. There is a possibility that it's a Canadian or other western nation's survival ration but I can't find anything in that regard either.
For those of you who may be wondering what pemmican is:
Pemmican is a concentrated mixture of fat and protein used as a nutritious food. The word comes from the Cree word pimîhkân, which itself is derived from the word pimî, "fat, grease". It was invented by the native peoples of North America. It was widely adopted as a high-energy food by Europeans involved in the fur trade and later by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, such as Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
The specific ingredients used were usually whatever was available; the meat was often bison, moose, elk, or deer. Fruits such as cranberries and saskatoon berries were sometimes added. Cherries, currants, chokeberries and blueberries were also used, but almost exclusively in ceremonial and wedding pemmican.
If you see this in a store or online:
Beware, as it's not actually pemmican. The company was actually sued for the usage of the word pemmican, and this product does not contain any meat.
You can see it here:
If the timecode doesn't work in the link, skip to 26m23s
(not sure how long the video will stay up for future readers, if not it's Ray Mears' Extreme Survival S03E05)
Apparently this is some sort of pemmican ration, but I can't seem to find ANYTHING on the internet about it. All the pemmican rations come in a round can and appear to be for civilians. There is a possibility that it's a Canadian or other western nation's survival ration but I can't find anything in that regard either.
For those of you who may be wondering what pemmican is:
Pemmican is a concentrated mixture of fat and protein used as a nutritious food. The word comes from the Cree word pimîhkân, which itself is derived from the word pimî, "fat, grease". It was invented by the native peoples of North America. It was widely adopted as a high-energy food by Europeans involved in the fur trade and later by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, such as Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen.
The specific ingredients used were usually whatever was available; the meat was often bison, moose, elk, or deer. Fruits such as cranberries and saskatoon berries were sometimes added. Cherries, currants, chokeberries and blueberries were also used, but almost exclusively in ceremonial and wedding pemmican.
If you see this in a store or online:
Beware, as it's not actually pemmican. The company was actually sued for the usage of the word pemmican, and this product does not contain any meat.