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> He brought along homemade pemmican which I found fascinating although more
than unpalatable.

What a shame.  It's one of my favorites.  Do you have an example of the
taste in mind?  I've never eaten lousy pemmican.  My grandmother taught me
how to make it as a child.  She used dried wild blueberries in it.  Oliva