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How To Make and Eat Hardtack

July 26, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Hardtack (or hard tack) is a flat hard biscuit made from flour and water (often saltwater) that was used as a staple food where fresh and perishable foods won’t survive. Also known as “pilot bread,” […]

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Diet and Food Quality: The Lesser of Two Weevils

July 16, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

It is popularly believed that the ship’s biscuit (hard tack) issued to Nelson’s Navy were full of a variety of revolting insects such as ‘maggots’ and ‘weevils’. A few authors (such as Jack Nastyface) who […]

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