What is a hardtack?

If you were a sailor in the 19th century, an explorer, or a civil war, you would probably consume a hardtack, extremely hard, bread or cracker who could keep for years if he could. Of course, this bread, sometimes called "pilot bread", often contacted Weevily, so he soaked it in coffee or banged hard on the table to get rid of insects first, was a common practice. A happy person could be an uninterrupted hardtack soaked in condensed milk called Milk Toast.

Hardtack lives up to its name very hard, made only from flour and water. Almost always had to be soaked in some fluid to bite into it. Occasionally it was cooked in water or other liquids to create a certain type of cereals or pancakes. It could contain different spreads, jam or lard if one was lucky or mixed with fruit. At first he called his biscuits on water bread because he made a crackling sound while cooking. The sailors gave the biscuits more common mark. Tack was a slang for food and "hard" barely needs an explanation.

6 Unfortunately, it has not always been protected from moisture, which would cause it to deteriorate, and if it were incorrectly packed, it was quite easy to infect the mistakes. This was common, and most sailors and soldiers were actually actually about eliminating errors before their meals.

There are several places where hardtack has become a basic meal and remains. It is not unusual to find it on the rural Alaska in the shelves, especially because the rough winters can mean small supplies of food. In Newfoundland, people eat hardtack, called the purity of a hard break. The campers can take a backpack after long trips.

Josiah Bent in Massachusetts still produces hardtack. The civil war enthusiasts or those who take place in the reconstruction of the American Civil War are purchased. Can occasionally be sold in a special storeCH as news.