Breads
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a flat hard biscuit made from flour, water (often saltwater) that was used as a staple food where fresh and perishable foods won’t survive. Also known as “pilot bread,” “pilot biscuit,” “ship’s biscuit” or “ship biscuit,” “sea biscuit,” and “sea bread,” hardtack is most closely associated with sailors on long [...]
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Menus & Cuisines
Along with hardtack biscuits, “goober peas,” and the flat cornmeal bread known as “journey cake” or Johnny Cake, two simple hot meals in particular are strongly linked with the American Civil War (1861-1865): Skillygallee for the northern Union soldiers, and coosh for the southern Confederates. The two dishes are strikingly similar, with the main difference [...]
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