Show How Hardtack I Made Not one person in 100000 knows how the army hardtack is made Let me induct the world into the mystery You take Borne flour a pinch of salt a little water mix the three ingredients well cut the preparation into regulation size and then I proceed to bake the same Time hardens the tack and improves it When it gets to the consistency of granite it is at its best The hardtack has imprinted on its face the letters B C because they were so hard to masticate the boys in the army interpreted in-terpreted the initials to mean that they were made before the birth of Christ Interview In-terview in St Louis GlobeDemocrat |