Hardtack may also refer to the Operation Hardtack series of nuclear tests.

Hardtack (also hard tack) is a simple type of cracker or biscuit, made from flour, water, and salt. Cheap and long-lasting, it was used during long sea voyages and military campaigns as a primary foodstuff usually dunked in water, brine, coffee or some other liquid or cooked into a skillet meal. This cracker was little more than flour and water which had been baked hard and would keep for months as long as it was kept dry. Also known as a sea biscuit, sea bread, or ships biscuits. The name derives from the British seamen's slang for food, "tack", and the fact it is so hard and dry.

Hard Tack is also the name of a thoroughbred race horse, a son of the great Man O' War, who showed considerable promise as a racer, but whose temper prevented him from achieving success on the track. He went on to sire the great racer Seabiscuit.

External links

• A basic recipe for Hard Tack can be found in the Wikimedia Cookbook.
• Recipe for Hardtack (http://members.aol.com/nteusa2/hardtackRecipe.gif)