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Hardtack

Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense cracker made from flour and small amounts of water, with salt being sometimes added. Hardtack is very inexpensive and long-lasting if kept dry, allowing it to be used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods. It is commonly used during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. Along…

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Alternative names
ANZAC wafers, brewis, cabin bread, dog biscuit, molar breakers, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, sheet iron, ship's biscuit, shipbiscuit, tooth dullers, worm castles
Main ingredients
Flour, water
Type
Cracker (American English) or biscuit (British English)

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Hardtack

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples59
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
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Hardtack

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related to Asia · 13
Hardtack → Canned, Chinese, Cultural Revolution, Fukuoka, In Korea, Inner Mongolia, It, Japan, Kanpan, Katapan, Kitakyushu, Ma Bo, South Korea
related to history · 12
Hardtack → Ancient Rome, BCE, Because, Dry, Egyptian, England, For, Hippocrates, King Richard, Some, The, Third Crusade
related to Etymology · 9
Hardtack → ANZAC, Australian, British, Germany, It, New Zealand, Oxford English Dictionary, Panzerplatten, The
related to Europe · 7
Hardtack → Called, In Genoa, Navy, One, Other, Russia, Russian
see also · 7
Hardtack → American Civil WarList, BaatiBannockCompressed, Bent Company, Bent's Cookie Factory, Cream, Food, Ready-to-EatPemmicanRuskSaltine
related to External links · 6
Hardtack → Civil War Hardtack, Hardtack Archived, History, Recipe, The American Table863 American, Wayback Machine
Alternative names · 1
Hardtack → ANZAC wafers, brewis, cabin bread, dog biscuit, molar breakers, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, sheet iron, ship's biscuit, shipbiscuit, tooth dullers, worm castles
Main ingredients · 1
Hardtack → Flour, water
Type · 1
Hardtack → Cracker (American English) or biscuit (British English)
is a · 1
Hardtack → significant source of food energy in a small

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bread food rations biscuit war cracker military civil hard many also water crackers called one made used flour traditional foods

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HardtackAlternative namesANZAC wafers, brewis, cabin bread, dog biscuit, molar breakers, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, sheet iron, ship's biscuit, shipbiscuit, tooth dullers, worm castles1.00infobox
HardtackMain ingredientsFlour, water1.00infobox
HardtackTypeCracker (American English) or biscuit (British English)1.00infobox
Hardtackis asignificant source of food energy in a small0.90text
Hardtackrelated to AsiaMa Bo0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaChinese0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaInner Mongolia0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaCultural Revolution0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaJapan0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaSouth Korea0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaIt0.60section
Hardtackrelated to AsiaKanpan0.60section

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