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- A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships
- A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread
- {i} hard biscuit (formerly eaten by sailors)
- – A hard biscuit or bread made with flour and water
- A hard, typically worm-infested biscuit used by both armies as a main source of food
- very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
- very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple a mountain mahogany
- A hard square biscuit or cracker that is made with flour and water only (unleavened and unsalted bread) Since it's very dry, it can be stored for years without refrigeration People can live for quite a while on just bread and water Hardtack is eaten by itself, dipped in coffee, or crumbled into soups Inexpensive, stable, and easy to transport, hardtack was a staple in military life throughout most of our history It was also the most convenient food for soldiers, explorers, and pioneers
- a mountain mahogany
- Thin, hard, square-shaped unleavened biscuit
- "Army bread," or hardtack, was an unleavened cracker that became legendary among soldiers, and the butt of much ridicule and hostility Some Union troops quipped that their hardtack dated to the Mexican War and was none the less edible for that!
- A large, hard biscuit made with unsalted, unleavened,flour and water dough It is baked and dried to give it a longer shelf life and has been used as a staple by sailors at least since the 1800's It is also known as ship biscuit and sea bread
- pilot bread
- ship's biscuit
- ship biscuit
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