Subj : Re: Hard Tack
To   : xqtr
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Oct 27 2021 07:30:00

-=> xqtr wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 xq> That is the idea. Often, present cooking recipes, add ingredients that
 xq> are not so preservable (like fruits and berries), thus making the hard
 xq> tack easier to get rotten. The "old-style" hard tack, has only salt and
 xq> a lot of it. It's also a way of storing salt ;)

 xq> With the Prepping "movement", many people today, try and make hard
 xq> tacks for storing flour/salt and have something to eat in case of a
 xq> disaster. ;)

I suppose they do have an almost infinite shelf life if something else 
doesn't get to them first.

It makes a good thickener for a camp stew, too. I like watching cooking re- 
enactment channels on YouTube; there's a couple of videos re-enacting 
British army WWI field cooking making a corned beef stew and using a similar 
biscuit broken up in the base. It's eye-opening to think of life as a 
soldier a couple of wars ago.


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