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That concludes the article on Cheez-Its.

Now let's look into the history of hardtack.

Hardtack is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt.

It is very inexpensive and long-lasting, allowing it to be used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods.

It is commonly used during long sea voyages, land migrations and military campaigns.

Along with salt pork and corned beef, hardtack was a standard ration for many militaries and navies from the 17th to the early 20th centuries.

The name is derived from tack, the British sailor slang for food.

The earliest use of the term recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1830.

It is known by other names including Brewis, possibly a cognate from bros, cabin bread, pilot bread, sea biscuit, soda crackers, sea bread as rations for sailors, ship's biscuit, and pejoratively as dog biscuits.

Muller Breakers, Sheet Iron, Tooth Stullers, Ponser Platten, Armor Plates, Germany, and Worm Castles.

Australian and New Zealand military personnel knew them with some sarcasm as Anzac Wafers, not to be confused with Anzac Biscuit.

The introduction of the baking of processed cereals, including the creation of flour, provided a more reliable source of food.

Egyptian sailors carried a flat brittle loaf of millet bread called dora cake.

A cracker called buccalatum is known from ancient Rome.

King Richard I of England left for the Third Crusade with biscuit of muslin, which was a mixed grain compound of barley, bean flour and rye.

The more refined captain's biscuit was made with finer flour.

Some 5th century BCE physicians, such as Hippocrates, associated most medical problems with digestion.

For sustenance and health, eating a biscuit daily was considered good for one's constitution.