Hardtack

  • Also Known As: Shipbiscuit

Hardtack is a type of hard cracker, made from flour and water which can keep safely for a very long time. It has been historically used on long sea voyages, during military campaigns and by California gold miners. - AsNotedIn





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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1792/00/00 Nabisco Genesis Pearson and Sons Bakery opens in Massachusetts. They make a hard biscuit called pilot bread suitable for storage on long sea voyages.
1801/00/00 Josiah Bent Baker Josiah Bent begins baking and selling 'shipbiscuits' in Milton, Massachusetts. G H Bent Company Factory Milton
1863/00/00 Nickum and Parrott Manufacturer Nickum and Parrott supply the Union Army in Indianapolis with hardtack and other provisions.
1865/02/00 Mary Boykin Chesnut Life On the train from Charlotte a soldier offers MBC hard tack biscuits and, with an ingratiating smile explains, "Please take these two, swap with me, give me something softer that I can eat, I am very weak still".
1880/09/29 William T Sherman Guest Gen William T Sherman doesn't have much of an appetite at the Willis family home. When asked what he does like, Sherman grumps, "Hard tack and bacon". Judge William R Willis House Roseburg

Food Type Cracker

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Particulars for :
Military Event American Civil War
Product Kind Food
Food Culture Historical Food




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