I tried pemmican (home made version). It is a primitve energy food (made with dried meat, fat, and dried fruit). It is greasy and hard to swallow. Yet, it was used for centuries to sustain life, and has a high protien to weight ration. can you live off this stuff for extended periods? Is the vitamibe C in the dried fruit enough to stave off scurvey?
Interesting question … it may vary recipe by recipe, the version I tried at a rev war recreation shindig wasn’t overly greasy, and was venison, cranberries, blueberries, wild strawberries and fat. I found the combination of all the berries rather nice and it didnt seem heavy or greasy. I would think that the vitamin content would depend on the berries. I do know that ‘tea’ made from sumac and pine tips, and other plant products were a dietary component, so if you ate the pemmican and drank the herbal tisanes that were high in C you probably wouldnt get scurvy - it really does not take a lot of C to prevent scurvy when it is consumed regularly…I would be more concerned about different micronutrients.
Where’s the fiber?
At least some types of meat protect against scurvy. The Eskimoes/Inuit/etc. eat mostly meat.
in the berries
Are we talking until death by malnutrition, or by suicide?
Both Amundsen and Scott chose to use pemmican as a major part of the rations for their South Pole expeditions. Amundsen also included a little bit of chocolate for dessert, and his men all made it back alive. Scott did not, and… :eek: 
Who cares? Fiber isn’t exactly an essential part of nutrition.
Second or Third Maze, I want to say the one with the pretzel or the orange, not the cherry.
Oh. :smack:
But I did think this said “How long can you live on Pacman” for a second there.