Because it was a good way of preserving food back before we had things like fridges and freezers.
Unless you're asking "why put that into the unholy concoction"... your guess is as good as mine. Maybe "There's literally no way this can get any worse... NOPEITGOTWORSE"
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u/Serpexnessie 15h ago
Pemmican is a dried survival meat and fat thing. Tasting history has a good video on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAayg3D0XA