Sensory Profile
Taste
umamifattysoursweetsalty
Texture
waxycrumblyunctuousgrainymoist
Wine Analogy
Resembles aged Rioja with leather and dried cherry notes
Coffee Analogy
Similar to Sumatran coffee with earthy, fatty body
Perfume Analogy
Recalls Comme des Garçons' 'Amber' with animalic warmth
Culinary Applications
Wasna (Lakota)Great PlainsSacred food for ceremonies, combining chokecherries and bison fat
RubabooMétis cultureBase for stews where pemmican is reconstituted with wild onions
Voyageur's BreakfastCanadian fur tradeEmergency ration mixed with maple sugar for quick energy
Molecular Pairing
Key Compounds Produced
myristic acidpalmitoleic acidanthocyaninsellagic acid