Survival: How to make Hardtack.

How to make hardtack. Hardtack was used in the civil war for food.

You will need:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup water
salt

Mix everything all up in a bowl, The dough will be dry so dont add to much water. Next beet it and flatten it out about 1/2 inch thick. If you want you can make squares out of it. Poke some holes with a fork on both sides. Then put in the oven for 30 minutes, do NOT use any oil grease butter or anything on the pan. After 30 minutes flip the hardtack and cook for another 30 minutes. Once all cooked take out of the oven and let air dry for a day.

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[cgkeddington]

WHAT SHOULD I do everytime i make this its not hard and it is burnt up

[ArmyRanger10]

The dough should be really dry before you put it in the oven. Dont add other ingredients except water and flour. Try flipping it if its burning.

[sweettee5868]

Just wondering,,,,,,have you ever cleaned that oven? lol kewl video thanks

[ArmyRanger10]

It gets cleaned every couple months. Recently the oven broke and no longer works.....

[medievalman86]

gonna start looking further into this, but while im searching, are there any sites, recipes and such? (like ways to sweeten it (could you put cinamon in it instead of salt?) things of that nature.

[ArmyRanger10]

Google has some good recipes. You can sweeten it but it would attract bugs and the hardtack wouldn't last as long.

[colorinthemoon]

Hey thanks for the video man. I tried a different recipe, very similar but not exact to yours, and it did not work. Yours did thanks!

[TheMinecraftiaFTW]

what would happen if ya add honey?Because i know money preety much last forever.

[EricWolfborn]

@sonofajohny You're supposed to make the tack before you need it. That's why it's so good that it keeps for damn near ever.

Even still, a solar oven is easy to make. Cardboard box lined inside with tin foil in direct sunlight with some clear plastic-wrap  over one side facing the sun for a few hours will get the job done . You're basically just making a bread greenhouse.

[sonofajohny]

Lets just hope i have a oven in a survival situation...

[oneyhay8312]

yo armyranger you dont have to wait for the middle to be dry just put it under a heater or a fan

[YiuTeub]

can you add cayenne powder or something.

[mryellow123]

@cgkeddington Depending on oven, it will be soft after baking. It goes hard over time as the remaining moisture escapes. Industrial production involves kiln drying to remove moisture and extend shelf-life.

[kabukikitsune]

@ArmyRanger10 If you're making it for survival, one trick to soften it is to place it in your skillet after you've made bacon. Let it soak up the drippings and soften.

[abc114able]

My social studies teacher had a fun day yesterday called life of a Civil War soldier where he pulled out a replica navy pistol, hardtack that his students made last year and an actual cavalry sabre that was really carried in the Civil War. Best day of school in my life.

[CheeseyPie12]

In the civil war, both sides ate a lot of hard tack because it kept so well. But what they would also do is take a hardtack and swirl it around in the grease from when they would fry pork. Once the hardtack was nice and soft, they mashed it until it was like a paste, which made it MUCH easier to eat. They called this "sloosh". I've made it before and it's actually quite good!