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Tracker0721:
So it seems the traditional way to make pemmican is jerky pounded to powder, dried berries crushed up, mix em both with tallow until they hold together and then roll into balls, form bars, something. I’ve got some bear in the freezer to process so I was gonna trim that fat and make tallow. I may have some deer but if not I’ll get some beef from my sister. We have gallons of blue berries and huckleberries so I’ll have to get those dehydrated. So with my plan laid out, are there any tips on ratios? And how do I package it? I’m planning to bring it for my glass buttes trip in March or even spring bear/turkey in may if it lasts that long? And I read where almonds/walnuts can be added but then people countered that it reduces shelf life because the nuts can go rancid?

Hawkdancer:
Nuts will go rancid if not kept cool, I think.  Use just enough tallow to bind the mixture.berries, cherries, apples, all dried of course.  Not sure about traditional, but some salt and other seasoning
Will help the flavor, may also help keep the nuts from going south.  If you are looking to make just enough for a couple months, the nuts should be ok.  Btw, I grew up thinking blueberries and huckleberries were the same berry, upgrade my learning, please! -C-
Hawkdancer

Tracker0721:
What! You thought they were the same? Well. That’s ridiculous. Wanna shoot me your address this summer and I’ll send you some fresh huckleberries and blueberries to try. The blueberries are almost flavorless compared to the huckleberries but huckleberries are a lot smaller. Dunno about blueberries, but we only find the huckleberries higher in elevation too. The valley is at 1000 feet and we start picking at 4000 on up.

Hawkdancer:
I will do that come summer!  Just a bit of uncertainty right now, we're thinking of moving.  Those do look very similar to blueberry leaves!  The lead line of the Missouri waltz is "way down in Missouri where the huckleberries grow"; I grew up in St. Louis, and live out around Columbia, St Joseph, and Kansas City before heading west.
Hawkdancer

Tracker0721:
So back East there’s a unique genius of huckleberry but the rest of them have really small differences from blueberries. It should be “clean blueberries” and “stainy blueberries” haha

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