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sea biscuit
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sea biscuit
n.
See hardtack.
sea biscuit
n
(Cookery) another term for hardtack
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Noun1.sea biscuit - very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit
biscuit - small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
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Diet was a dreary rotation of hard sea biscuits, salted pork and beef, pea soup and burgoo (boiled oatmeal).
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The day's activities included cooking hardtack sea biscuits from flour and salt, making Maori faces out of clay and hunting for treasure.
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In some cases, sea biscuits that were baked over a hundred years before have been uncovered in archaeological digs.
Breads survive the passage of time by TABOR, THOMAS C. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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