How long have crackers been around? What is the history of the cracker?

[Mister Obvious]

I should really look into this, I'm very curious.

Crackers seem to be an absolute staple.

[Mister Obvious]

They've been putting Ritz and Club crackers in these "Snack Packs" lately...

It's absolutely brilliant.

It really preserves the overall freshness.

I love it when they do something right.

[Mister Obvious]

It's time to really dive into this topic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(food)

[Mister Obvious]

https://www.tripsavvy.com/crackers-inven...nd-3577116

This article claims crackers were invented in 1790s New England.

I feel as though crackers must have been around much longer than that.

[Mister Obvious]

The common cracker...

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.c...n-cracker/

[Mister Obvious]

Well fuck me...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardtack

Apparently they're called "hardtack" across the pond, and now we're getting well back into history.

I knew it!

[Mister Obvious]

Apparently they're just called "biscuits"...

What the fuck?

[Guest]

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[Mister Obvious]

Hardtack (or hard tack) is a simple type of biscuit or cracker, made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardtack

[Mister Obvious]

Alright well you know what, I've read enough...

It should have been suspected that crackers go back as far as bread itself.

[Guest]

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[Cream of Caulk]

They've been putting Ritz and Club crackers in these "Snack Packs" lately...

It's absolutely brilliant.

It really preserves the overall freshness.

I love it when they do something right.

I love this too, my kids are cracker eaters and I was so tired of buying a box of saltines then having to throw out the stale package a year later. Now they make individual packets, Oreo does this too.

[Cream of Caulk]

Matzo "bread" is just ancient religious crackers. they use crackers in church too. I think they are more spiritual now something Godly about them.

[Mister Obvious]

I was so tired of buying a box of saltines then having to throw out the stale package a year later.

I saw/heard this like a commercial in my head.

[Mister Obvious]

Expired saltines are one of the nastiest things ever...

They smell horrible.

I never knew this until recent years when I had the opportunity to encounter a box of saltines well past expiration.

[Mister Obvious]

I wouldn't have thought saltines would actually expire...

Dunno why I thought that.

But they truly do.

[Cream of Caulk]

lol, i used to only buy saltines for when my kids would barf and they needed to eat something light and wouldn't taste bad coming back up. But now one of them likes the buttery clubhouse crackers with can cheese spray. But I think generic can cheese spray is horrible and some things must be brand name.

I'm going to post a topic because I think I want to see if there are some generic things we all agree that shouldn't be generic.

[Mister Obvious]

I got some Club crackers yesterday...

I haven't had one yet though.

I'm very excited.

[Guest]

I'm eating Chicken in a Bisket crackers right now.

Hard tack is much harder than crackers. You'll break your teeth on it if you don't dip it in something to soften it up.

I'm pretty such some sort of cracker-like bread has been around since the dawn of agriculture. I mean mixing flour and water and baking it is about the simplest and most obvious kind of bread.

[Mister Obvious]

I'm pretty such some sort of cracker-like bread has been around since the dawn of agriculture. I mean mixing flour and water and baking it is about the simplest and most obvious kind of bread.

That's what I was thinking too, absolutely...

And since it's historically been so important to conserve all supplies, I bet a cracker-like concoction was the first thing they thought up before using a bunch more stuff to mix together a big loaf of bread.