Did a little research.

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Looking for a... fast carnivore snack.  Found an answer.  Many, but only one that (might) work for me.  Fried pork rinds, dipped in sour cream.  I wasn't sure about the pork rinds.  I've had that bucket of them, if unopened, but for... two years?  They got set aside and forgotten.  I was sure they would be sour, old tasting, perhaps out and out rancid.

Nope.  All good.  And I had sour cream from my last order.  So I grabbed a small plate of those, and a big dab of sour cream, then got to it.  Dull, actually.  Not... horrible.  Just plain.  Very, very, plain.  Still, I got it down.  And it did handle my hunger.  And it is carnivore.

I'll have to think of something else to add to that.  Perhaps cream, onion and garlic powder, a bit of salt, possibly some other spices and/or herbs.  Sort of make a carnivore* ranch dressing.  *For carnivores who allow spices, herbs, and dairy, which I do minus milk.

In my searching, I found a suggestion for using LMNT, a flavored electrolyte mix, for flavoring something.  That... didn't interest me.  However, earlier, I watched a video about how to make pemmican.  Now... pemmican, with just fat and dried powdered meat?  Is blander than what I had.  So, I was thinking... what if you added flavored electrolyte powder (not necessarily LMNT) into the pemmican?  That... could be good.  Now, LMNT has flavors most don't have, like chocolate.  Which might be interesting to try in a really small batch.  But, raspberry, blueberry, and other berries, would be fantastic, especially if that didn't have any carbs.

So, yeah.  I purchased a fairly decent batch of shredded jerky, on a pretty good price, with the 'right' ingredients.  For this, I just haven't gotten to it.  So... now all I have to do is find better tallow, and some sort of flavored electrolyte.  It's easy as pie to make.  Have to do maffs!  For an 80/20 fat/protein ratio, find how much jerky you are using, multiply that by four... to get the protein calories.  Then, figure out how much fat is neede to make that 20% to a full 100%.  Then, divide that by nine, to get the weight of the tallow that is needed.  The rest is grinding the jerky a bit, to a near powder, melting the fat (and probably adding the electrolyte powder to that), then finding a pan of some sort that will handle the various volumes, and fit in the freezer.  I have a drop in, so that shouldn't be a problem.  Then... waiting.

It'll cost a few dollars per bar.  But... yeah.  I'd like to try the chocolate, but would like to taste that alone (in water that is), and in other small things, before committing.  But I'm hoping they have some berry flavors.  Again, to be tasted first.  Won't be a really strong flavor, most likely.  But will just... add... a little something.  Potentially.

How is that for mixing and matching?  A bar would have helped tonight.  If... I could tolerate it.  On to bed, finally.  With... a less growly, grumpy, stomach.  I just didn't think I'd sleep well without it.

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Not LMNT.  Their ten pack of single use packets are $45, or $39 if you sign up for automatic ordering.  Ugh.  No.  That's $4.50 per single dose.  If you have a ton of dough, and like what you like, there you go.  Here's your ticket.  I'll hard pass on that.  I'd do a dollar dose, if they were any good.  But untasted?  They say zero question returns.  But, there is shipping, both ways, on me.  And the trouble, hastle, and possibly hidden hoops and hurdles not indicated.  So... I'll... find something else.  But the idea is solid.  Now goodnight.