hardtack

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Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021

Some sailors use pilot bread — a thick, crackerlike item similar to Colonial-era hardtack, which doesn’t go stale — to settle their stomachs.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2018

My favourite episode is episode 13: The Cheesiest, which includes stories about how President Andrew Jackson started Big Block of Cheese Day, and a bit about American civil war soldiers’ least favourite food, hardtack.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2018

Some are “hard-cores” so obsessed with authenticity that, when they’re in the field, they eat only hardtack or sorghum or other dreadful food from the period.

From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2017

Why would they live like this for salt beef, hardtack, and twelve dollars a month?

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham