![]() ![]() However, be careful not to make the dough too dry. Use extra flour if necessary to make sure the dough is no longer sticky. Add the flour and salt into a mixing bowl, and then pour the water. Much of the initial supplies fed to Union and Confederate troops were leftovers from the Mexican-American War, and so much hard tack was made during the Civil War, that it wouldn’t be completely eaten until the Spanish American War – a whole 50 years later.Ī Hard Tacks contains Carbohydrates (main source of energy), Sodium, Potassium, Protein, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin B6, Vitamin E, Copper, Zinc, Calcium, Folate, Magnesium, Manganese, Niancin, Selenium … I’m not going to write down the whole list because it contains a little bit of almost everything – just like flour (the main ingredient). The Oldest Hardtack in the World (1852)īut the Civil War is what most people remember it from, and it was that war that proved the extreme longevity of this hardy biscuit. Hardtacks were the main food source for sailors for centuries (during the Tudor and later periods). Why stockpile flour (max shelf-life 1 year) when you can turn it into Hardtack Biscuits which will last indefinitely. ![]()
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