The three macronutrients which everybody needs on a daily basis for optimum health are carbohydrates, protein, and fat. For this reason, trail mix, or gorp, is a very popular hiking and survival food because it has all of these nutrients in spades.

But before there was trail mix, there was pemmican, a nutrient-dense blend that was commonly prepared by Native Americans for long journeys in which hunting or slowing down would not be permissible.

Pemmican is at its most basic a blend of dried meat and fat, although traditionally it also included nuts and berries to make it as nutritious as possible.

Nowadays, this food is gaining new attention amongst traditionalists and preppers who are beginning to recognize its superiority as an ideal high-energy food.

On the next page, you can learn how to make this excellent food from scratch, as well as the optimum way to store it.

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