Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Hardtack that Is Eatable. [ARTICLE]

Hardtack that Is Eatable.

The “hardtack” which Is being supplied to our volunteers—some of it, at least—is a different article from the great round wheaten slabs which fed our armies during the war of the rebellion. That supplied to the regiments now in camp is made In little oblong bits about the size of an oyster cracker, but square-cornered. Thus the soldier is not obliged to imperil his teeth as of yore in biting from the “slab,” or if his teeth are poor to dip it in his coffee before getting a mouthful. Baked in this modern way it is more friable and easier to chew. But it will no longer serve as a platter on which it was the pride of the old campaigner to be able to cut his meat with his jackknife without demolishing the dish. It is sweet and wholesome and is put up in pound packages of shape convenient for the haversack.—St Paul Pioneer-Press.