Hard T n Ho

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I've made the stuff a number of times.

>>34852792
No reason to use hardtack when you could just buy a box of clubhouse crackers and some canned pork and peaches.

>>34852856
That's too easy.
Plus, part of it falls under historical research.

>>34852792
When I was in college and super broke I made some to try and survive.

Never used it for camping though.

portable soup is awesome

>>34852792


Dood goog thread.
I love food tghreads

>>34852792
lot of snow elves say that they fry various pilots breads and hard tacks in whale, seal, moose blubber.

actually sounds pretty good. desu.

I made it once, it's pretty tasty dipped in hot milk and honey.

>>34852792
>I have the ingredients handy
holy shit anon has flour and water stop the fucking presses

>>34855428
You jest but I am missing one of those ingredients

I'd rather make flatbread than something famous for breaking teeth. Hardtack seems better for travel food since it doesn't spoil for ages.

>>34855404
Alaska seems to be one of the major sales areas for te hardtack industry.
I was going to order some, but it's $12 freakin dollars on a/mazon.

>>34855428
I don't usually keep flour around the house, so it entailed a special trip to purchase it.

And I only have sea salt...I guess that will work fine.

>>34852792
eat with chicken broth or warm water/coffee

>>34852792
Hardtack + pocketsoup

>>34852851
>believing this pansy shit is real fucking hardtack

REAL hardtack, by Army requirements during the civil war was 6 cups flour to 1 cup water. Nothing else.
People added salt or sugar if it was around, or some kind of oil/fat/lard if they wanted it bearable.

The hardtack I make is dangerous though, not only will it chip your teeth, but I have cut myself more than once on it and you need to sand it down usually. And you poke it with a nail a few times before baking so it dries properly.
People love to eat it just for the meme.

>>34852792
Real hardtack, flour and water only, will usually last about 50 years if you can keep humidity decent.

>>34855971
So basically bread jerky

>>34852856
what kind of canned pork??
I was looking at recreating some old rations- like the jungle ration. It used a lot of dried meat and dried fruit.
I wonder if pemmican is all it's cracked up to be?

>>34855427
I wonder if you could make something with oatmeal? Or would that just be granola/gorp?

>>34856152
from my understanding pemmican goes rancid after about a year from the oils/fats used as the binder

made some before
They taste pretty good in clam chowder.

>>34856152
Spam and generic versions of Spam. Just open and heat it up over a fire.

>>34852856
Hardtack is tougher than clubhouse, which tends to stale after a while. I mean, they'll still be edible sure, but the taste won't be as good.

>>34857632
I don't think you understand just how "hard" proper hardtack is. A stale club cracker won't break your teeth, while hardtack practically has the consistency of wood. You practically NEED water or some other liquid to soften it for consumption.

>>34856152
I made a bunch of pemmican once, even used the proper kind of rendered suet. It's god-tier. 1lb will give you all the protein and energy you need in an entire day of hiking.

>>34852792
Finnish MRE packs have crispbread and it works well.