Hardtack or Ships Biscuit

elvengate · Post by **elvengate** » Thu May 02, 2013 5:01 pm

Hi all,

Well on the school run today I stopped by the local Bakery (God are we so lucky to still have one).

So to make a potentially very long story short. I was going to start making up some hardtack for our prep. The plan was to make hardtack like I always do and then vacuum seal it and stock it away. The problem I have is that in reality with a normal household oven you are talking about a huge amount of work and time doing enough to make a dent in the prep goals.

So like a cheeky "yank" that I am I wondered if I could entice my local bakery to make some for me. I know that I am going to have to pay whatever he decides to charge me, yet in reality to provide for a prep plan you are talking about quite a bit.

So the reason I am on here wasting your time is that if he decides to do so and all. Would anyone on here like the contact info for the bakery?

If the price is right then this could be a boon to anyone's prep. Even better it might just keep a local bakery in business a bit longer.

Thanks

Rob

Hamradioop · Post by **Hamradioop** » Thu May 02, 2013 5:29 pm

If he goes mail order he could have a nice little earner.

Toddie · Post by **Toddie** » Thu May 02, 2013 7:34 pm

I'd definitely be interested in this if he decided to post out the hardtack.

As Ham said, he might have a nice little income stream.

elvengate · Post by **elvengate** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:38 am

I will work on him and see if he would be interested in doing so.

He could really do well by vacuum sealing up batches and sending out by mail to customers.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Thanks

Rob

Post by **itsybitsy** » Sat May 04, 2013 10:41 am

What's hardtack?

Hamradioop · Post by **Hamradioop** » Sat May 04, 2013 11:15 am

itsybitsy wrote:What's hardtack?

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

gcp1975 · Post by **gcp1975** » Sat May 04, 2013 11:30 am

thanks hamradioop :-

At the time of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the daily allowance on board a Royal Navy ship was 1 lb of biscuit plus 1 gallon of beer !!

I don't think i could do both !!!!

ForgeCorvus · Post by **ForgeCorvus** » Sat May 04, 2013 3:34 pm

Found this...... Expensive though
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HARD-TACK-BIS ... 1c31a8e10f

elvengate · Post by **elvengate** » Sun May 05, 2013 8:30 am

ForgeCorvus wrote:Found this...... Expensive though
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HARD-TACK-BIS ... 1c31a8e10f

Yeah, they do look a bit to expensive to me.

When my baker gets back to me I'll update here.

I am hoping that this comes through at a price that is cheap enough to buy for prepping.

If not I will be going back to plan A. Buying bulk flour and spending whole days baking up my own.

Thanks

Rob

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