Unleavened vs. Hardtack — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Unleavened and Hardtack
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Unleavened
Made without yeast or any other leavening agent
Unleavened bread.
Hardtack
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a simple type of dense biscuit or cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting.
Unleavened
Without any yeast or other raising agent
They were eating unleavened bread.
Hardtack
A hard biscuit or bread made with only flour and water. Also called sea biscuit, sea bread, ship biscuit.
Unleavened
Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.
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Hardtack
(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
Unleavened
Made without leavening;
Unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water
Hardtack
A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit and ship bread
Hardtack
Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the Cercocarpus betuloides.
Hardtack
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
Hardtack
A mountain mahogany
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