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I'm surprised pemmican isn't on this list. Or did I miss it? Seems like that was a staple for a long time and performed pretty well both in nutritional value and staying power.


It isn't on the list.It was out of fashion by then, and with canned goods and rapid transportation, it wasn't as important a staple anymore. Additionally, it wasn't seen as commercially viable... https://books.google.com/books?id=aMZqD ... sh&f=false

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Or better Yoder's for the canned bacon,
Beprepared, Mountain house, Provident freeze dried.

Would have weighed a lot less. Thanks for taking the time to calculate it out. Most people never quite figure out just how much it costs to be even a little bit prepared.


Yoder's is $$$ shit. In 1890's speak, bacon was more like a flavorful salt pork. As for the freeze dried, I'm not trying to provide modern substitutes for the list. And really, the main bulk of the food is beans, flour, rice, cornmeal, and bacon. Putting it in cans just makes it heavier.

And easier to make your weight requirements without the cost of actual food... :wink05:

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It wasn't so much weight but what you had. The Mounties inspected what you were transporting. It just happened to roughly come out to about a ton of goods, which entered popular lexicon.

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kf7mjf wrote:
Col_Temp wrote:
Or better Yoder's for the canned bacon,
Beprepared, Mountain house, Provident freeze dried.

Would have weighed a lot less. Thanks for taking the time to calculate it out. Most people never quite figure out just how much it costs to be even a little bit prepared.


Yoder's is $$$ shit. In 1890's speak, bacon was more like a flavorful salt pork. As for the freeze dried, I'm not trying to provide modern substitutes for the list. And really, the main bulk of the food is beans, flour, rice, cornmeal, and bacon. Putting it in cans just makes it heavier.


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The nice things is we do have modern substitutes.
Actually the bacon is pretty good. I like to cook it a bit further. As to their other meats would generally agree though. Too much fat, tendons, grissle, and other stuff.
BTW there are some other brands of canned meat that are pretty good and tend to be a lot lower on the fat and other garbage factor. Also have a pretty good source. The canned meat is nice as you don't need to freeze it.

And yes I agree the bacon back then would have been the Salted Pork. Only way to make it last.

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