Sunday, January 14, 2007

Long-Lasting Trail and Survival Food

Here are a couple of recipes for 2 good foods that will last for years, and one that wont last that long...

Pemmican:
A few pounds of meat
Some dried fruit
Some beef fat
Honey
Nuts
Dehydrate meat (deer or beef...nothing else) until hard, then pound (or blend) into coarse powdery type substance, then melt beef fat, pour off tallow, boil again, and then add chopped nuts, meat, dried fruit, and a shot of honey to taste...Then make into patties or balls. This will last forever (almost) I have heard of it eaten six years old...And they say it improves with age! Indians used this on long treks across the wilderness.

Pinole:
Corn
Brown Sugar
Pat canned or fresh corn down with towel, then put in oven with brown sugar on it. Let it dry for a long time, and then grind it up. This does not digest for a long time but it gives you a feeling of fulness becuse the corn expands in your stomach. It is light, and lasts a long time. Indians used it on long treks as well.

G.O.R.P.
Rasins
Peanuts
MnM's
Dried fruit
Coconut (shredded) optional

Mix all together. Good trail snack. Tasty too. G.O.R.P. stands for Good Ol' Rasins and Peanuts

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