On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:38:26 -0500, Kathryn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This is off subject but I just wanted to get the lists' opinion.  I was  
> at my local health food store last week and saw that they were selling  
> pemmican.  It was wrapped in a similar way to a candy bar and was  
> approximately the same size as a candy bar.
>
> I picked it up, read the ingredients and was somewhat startled to find  
> that there was no meat included in the product.  The pemmican bar  
> consisted of fruit, sugar, corn syrup, etc..
>
> Is the term "pemmican" used for dried meat/fat, dried meat/fat/fruit, as  
> well as non-dried fruit/sugar, etc. foods?

According to a reviewer on amazon,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LKTCVW

the word "pemmican" was trademarked years ago by Bear Valley company.

The product seems to bear little resemblance to classic pemmican.

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   Robert Kesterson
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