Hardtack

[Montana Jim]

Why just dig up CW history when you can taste it too... ?

HARDTACK

2 cups of flour
1/2 to 3/4 cup water
1 tbl spoon crisco - or - vegetable oil
6 pinches of salt


Mix ingrediants together into a stiff batter, knead several times, and spread the dough onto a baking sheet at a thickness of 1/2 inch. Bake for one-half an hour at 400 degrees. Remove from oven, cut the dough into three inch squaes, and punch four rows of holes, four holes per row into the dough. Turn the dough over, return it to the oven and backanother one-half an hour.

Turn the oven off and leave the hardtack in the oven until the oven completely cools.

Remove and enjoy.

For realistic hardtack... keep it for 6 months then eat it. LMAO

 

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[stevesno]

Thanks for the recipe...but I think I'll pass...I cherish that I still have all my teeth...lol....Steve

 

[mastereagle22]

How funny! My 8 y/o daughter is doing a special project in school on Pioneers and I got the same recipe for her and sent it to school with her for her classmates. We would have made some but the rules now prohibit any home made items.

Oh well...

 

[warsawdaddy]

Wonder where the pioneers got their 'crisco and/or vegetable oil'? Probably at the 'WalMart' trading post,huh?

How about using 'Red-Eye' gravy?

 

[JOE(USA)]

Montana Jim,

I,I've made a lot of hard tack,so I'll pass on this tip, don't use salt in the mix. It attracts moisture which makes the bisquit go bad. You can use black pepper which I think makes them taste better. I have found that the Veg. oil or Crisco adds nothing for the taste,but again it just makes it go bad (rancid oil taste). So what we are left with is just flour and water. Before you put it in the oven,prick it all over with a big fork (lets the moisture out) and score it with a pizza cutter so you can break it apart easier after baking. Bake it slower ,two hours at a lower heat 275F. If you re-bake it a second time,it will even last longer before going bad (years!).

 

[Montana Jim]

Montana Jim,

I,I've made a lot of hard tack,so I'll pass on this tip, don't use salt in the mix. It attracts moisture which makes the bisquit go bad. You can use black pepper which I think makes them taste better. I have found that the Veg. oil or Crisco adds nothing for the taste,but again it just makes it go bad (rancid oil taste). So what we are left with is just flour and water. Before you put it in the oven,prick it all over with a big fork (lets the moisture out) and score it with a pizza cutter so you can break it apart easier after baking. Bake it slower ,two hours at a lower heat 275F. If you re-bake it a second time,it will even last longer before going bad (years!).

Excellent advice! I have no idea how old that recipe is... it's prolly very modern.

I like the pepper idea too! I've never made this... but will very soon... I'll try your recipe too...

Thanks for adding your comments!

 

[wesfrye53]

Hey Jim, I bet 6 month old Hardtack would be great with 2 year old Country Ham...contrary to what Gypsy Mystery says!

 

[Montana Jim]

Hey Jim, I bet 6 month old Hardtack would be great with 2 year old Country Ham...contrary to what Gypsy Mystery says!

LOL.. Prolly! Wes - that's funny...

I'll tell you what - 6 minute old hardtack SUCKS!!! I'm never making that again. LMAO

 

[aa battery]

Jim you wont believe this the Warden says they used bacon for flavor i think ima gonna trow up. :P

 

[Montana Jim]

Jim you wont believe this the Warden says they used bacon for flavor i think ima gonna trow up. :P

Yea... they USED to soak it in bacon grease... to both soften and flavor it...

 

[JOE(USA)]

If hardtack is made properly it don't eat well unless you soak it in something. If you are out hiking or just cooking out soak it in whatever you are cooking, stew, beans,rice whatever. BACON GREASE is a definite YES ! ! I have a small day pack that I always take with me when I go Metal detecting. The pack has an alcohol stove with cooking pots (Swedish Military), a windscreen, food, water, condiments,eating utensils, a baby food jar of brewed very strong espresso coffee (I add it to hot water for a regular strength cup of coffee). So if I am doing well detecting at a spot, I don't have to leave to get something to eat or drink. Joe

 

[treasureace14]

i made it.easy recipie to follow thanks.it was good (for hardtack) better if u dip in a hot drink.ill post pics later.

 

[Montana Jim]

i made it.easy recipie to follow thanks.it was good (for hardtack) better if u dip in a hot drink.ill post pics later.

Awesome! Thats pretty cool!