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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Homesteading and beyond ... was Corn Fed
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:53:54 -0800

Yes, it is flour and water but it isn't something you made at home. It was
a commercial product that was most commonly used on sailing ships long prior
ot the Civil War.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


Bev, didn't they use hardtack, all through , at least the 19th century. I
believe hard tack is made only with flour..........





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