tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2032365360611242433.post7076233282654859106..comments2024-01-07T21:43:26.909-05:00Comments on The Cold Table: HardtackCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2032365360611242433.post-82560608488958153272011-05-25T19:51:09.031-04:002011-05-25T19:51:09.031-04:00John, thanks for the links.
Since I don't h...John, thanks for the links. <br /><br />Since I don't have a barrel, I guess I have to try the "one part flour to 5-6 parts water" recipe. So that works out to a cup of flour to 5-6 cups of water? With how much salt? Maybe I should experiment....Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2032365360611242433.post-84312049537261448882011-05-25T15:05:49.779-04:002011-05-25T15:05:49.779-04:00Hello yet again!
Rerechecked ye Google, found
ht...Hello yet again!<br /><br />Rerechecked ye Google, found<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.historic/browse_thread/thread/429c6f0f7f20195d/ea4e5157924bad5e?q=kory+hardtack#ea4e5157924bad5e<br /><br />from waybackwhen. Mayhaps interesting you'll find it.<br /><br />Yours, JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502270572434379966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2032365360611242433.post-8662318231642416052011-05-25T11:07:25.590-04:002011-05-25T11:07:25.590-04:00Hi, Cathy !
Went searching my hard disk, came up ...Hi, Cathy !<br /><br />Went searching my hard disk, came up with this essay from 1996. Unfortunately my Google-fu inadequate to come up with my original contribution to Usenet, so must leave you with this:<br /><br /><<<br />To expand a bit on the posting I made early this morning;<br /><br />I met Ms. Kory (and bought my copy of the "1862 Manual for Army Cooking") at a Civil War reenactment near Philadelphia in April 1994.<br /><br />I also purchased one of the hardtack she had made, and consumed it (cautiously, to avoid breaking a filling), to the astonished ( You're <br />not really going to _eat_ that ?" ) remarks of my companions. Tasted like - well, like other low-salt, low-fat crackers...<br /><br />Ms. Kory says "Hardtack can be made at home. The original recipe states: "To mix one barrel of flour, about eight gallons of water are <br />generally required." Make a stiff dough of one part water to 5-6 parts flour. The Subsistence Dept. recommended that salt and/or sugar <br />be added to the water portion if they were to be used. It was a rare biscuit that contained either, but by our experience, salt adds <br />immeasurably to the taste.<br /><br />Roll out to about 3/8 inch thick, cut into 3 x 3 inch squares, and pierce through in at least 9 places. Bake 20-25 minutes in a moderate <br />(325 degree) oven until slightly browned."<br /><br />Allow to cool and dry thoroughly before packing.<br /><br />In the immortal words of somebody-or-other...<br />"Tastes great if you're hungry enough !"<br />>><br /><br />Anyway, the book referred to is:<br /><br />1862 manual for army cooking: a reproduction of "Campfires and camp cooking, or, Culinary hints for the soldier"<br />with an essay by Elizabeth Stroud Kory<br />Publisher: Norristown, PA : Norristown Press, 1993. ISBN: 096302163X DDC: 641.57 LCC: UC723 <br /><br />Also came up in the search, passing it along, no extra charge (breakthrough and exploitation a possibility, though. ;-) ).<br /><br />http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05262005-122146/unrestricted/CivilWarDiet.pdf<br /><br />Yours, John DesmondJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502270572434379966noreply@blogger.com