We all have different culinary problems, and different culinary solutions!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1603364/we-all-have-different-culinary-problems-and-different-culinary-solutions

It's a man's life in the Grand Army of the Union!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1483446/it-s-a-man-s-life-in-the-grand-army-of-the-union

Back in my Twitter days, I befriended a guy online from Georgia.
We were both interested in the military and #military #history. One day he sends me this link & suggested we both try to make #hardtack, a common food #ration for both #Union & #Confederate armies. The original recipe lived up to its reputation, hard as a rock.
Later we came up with different methods of making them to be more palatable.

Read the link if interested.

https://americantable.org/recipes/civil-war-recipe-hardtack-1861/

Did you know that #hardtack, the long lasting flour & water #cracker used by seafarers & soldiers, was made round at #sea & square on land?

During sea voyages, hardtack was stored in barrels (hence: round), while during land campaigns it was stored in wooden boxes, & therefore made square.

#British Royal Navy sailors were issued 50g more hardtack than #US #Navy sailors.

During Queen Victoria's reign, now made with machines, hardtack became a cost efficient hexagonal shape.

#history