hardtack

How To Use hardtack In A Sentence

• ‘Hardtack’, as the soldiers called this, represented the zenith of comestible durability and the nadir of taste.
• One and all, from the cook to Buckwheat, they swear they have no knowledge of any food for'ard, save the small supply in the galley and the barrel of hardtack in the forecastle. CHAPTER XLIII
• The lightweight nifty centre forward found himself opposed by a rugged hardtackling centre back who asked no questions.
• With their brains we made a paste which, together with "hardtack," resulted in a delicious sandwich, resembling pâté de foie gras. Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure
• Some of our first stores purchased were "hardtack" and corned beef, which we found we could procure from the steward of a Liverpool boat which was anchored off-shore. Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure
• A loaf of bread, about three and a half inches wide and deep by seven inches long, was known as a "duffer," and a cracker as "hardtack. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
• She wondered if this was what she’d read about in history books, what pioneering Americans had called hardtack. GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL
• Hardtack had to be tough to withstand the trip.
• Hardtack is the most famous American Civil War staple food.
• During the day a line of men came single file over the hill near the camp, each bearing on his shoulder a box of "hardtack" or crackers. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865