Spotlight On Spam For Survival

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Spam and Survival are synonymous with each other. The image of the tin  foil hat wearing survivalist eating spam right from the can pops in many of our heads when talking about this canned meat. It is often frowned upon as a horrible thing to eat. A cruel and unusual punishment. In the words of Crocodile Dundee “Taste like shit but it’ll keep you alive”. Spam has a undeserved reputation in my opinion. Today I’m going to talk all about spam for survival. Why you should include it, how to make it taste even better and why it’s not bad for you either. So let’s get into this spam.

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Coconut Oil Pemmican

How To Make Pemmican With Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil Pemmican
Coconut Oil Pemmican

 Pemmican

Pemmican is a natural super food. It’s the original energy bar. Pemmican is  dried meat with rendered fat in a 50/50 mixture. Dried berries and honey are also added  depending on the season.The Native Americans created Pemmican. It  was eagerly adopted by the Europeans that came. For those reasons I have been very eager to try some but finding it locally is impossible.

I’ve seen a few places online that have traditional pemmican for sale. The reviews however are mixed. Besides that I’m a DIY guy so I decided to make my own. Once again I ran into an issue. You can’t just go to the grocery store and buy tallow. So I got to thinking about using coconut oil. The list of health benefits is long, it’s a solid up to 76 degrees, has a neutral flavor and the big part is you can find it everywhere and fairly cheap.

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