Part of the Yankee tradition which produced the magnificent clipper ships also produced the lowly ship's biscuit. The Hardtack is a heavy unleavened biscuit that was the sailors' staple for long sea voyages. The Bent hardtack cracker is still baked today by the Bent Company in Milton, Massachusetts; an original purveyor of hardtack provisions to the Union Army

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