Making Hardtack - for The Henry Ford's virtual Civil War Remembrance 2020
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2020
- Join us as Will walks you through an easy, low tech way to make your own version of hardtack, that staple of the Union soldier's diet!
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Ingredients -
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pasty flour
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
cornmeal
Tools -
mixing bowls
fork
rolling pin
knife
ruler
chopstick - or other for poking holes
spatula
cookie sheet
oven safe water holding container - Розваги
Thank you for this episode, I need to give this recipe/method a try this week so I may campaign properly in the weeks to come. Much appreciated, CWDD.
I'm glad the digest is still going through the lockdown
We are still working hard to bring you good stories!
"and it is something to eat" Well said!
One of the best demos on making hard tack I've seen. Thanks soljerboy.
Like how the hardtack is just the right size for the mug.
Excellent video. Thank you, Will.
Great job, Will! This is a great project during the Lockdown.
This is awesome!
Best video I’ve seen on hardtack!
I look forward to rustling up a batch of these sheet iron crackers!
Hope it adds to your presentations!
I've used this recipe with a couple of my own addjustments, and it was great! thanks a ton!
What are your adjustments
@@davidmaxey656 I used the word adjustment pretty liberally there. "Mistakes" would have been more accurate, I forgot to put water in the oven before baking.
Haha perfect ending line
Civil War hardtack was known to stop bullets thats how rough and tough it was 🤣
I picked up one of Axel Ulrich's cutters to make cutting mine out easier.
He makes a good one!
Say, Will, I'm curious about one of the ingredients in your recipe. I was doing some research recently, and it sounds like the most common type of flour available during the war was the stone ground soft winter wheat flour similar to the pastry flour you use in this video. Presumably, the bakeries at the time would have just used that flour to make their hardtack - is there a particular reason that you've chosen to use a mix of that flour and the AP flour?
This recipe is the best and easiest to do and it actually makes my hardtack edible, (not sure if it’s supposed to be edible🤣), perfect for munching on during the-enactments and displays.
I bought some hard tack, about 16 years ago, from a company that made hard tack during the civil war, but am unable to find any today.
Sadly, there is no commercially available source that we know of anymore.
Now I know what mistakes I made my first time trying Alec from Scotland
Good luck!
@@CivilWarDigitalDigest I microwave one for a trial yesterday it wasn't a good shape I stuck a bit in soup for a few hours it was a lot better than I thought infact it was pretty good I'll be making more using your methods I'm pleased with myself
If I may ask is there supost to be some cornmeal sticking to the bottom?
I tried the recipe from the full length episode, cooked 20 minutes with the steam etc. followed to the letter, they looked great on the outside but a texture that was too soft, like pizza dough. Do they get harder as they dry out? Or do you recommend cooking them longer on a lower temp?
As everyone has a different baking situation, particularly when it comes to what your oven is like, feel free to experiment! I have used both of your solutions in the past. Good luck! Also, the bread will harden up over the first couple of days.
Thanks Will you continue to outdo yourself.
Did all Hardtack have salt included? and if not are there accounts of them putting issue salt on there hardtack?
I can’t answer the first question as there were many contractors making.
I have yet to run into an account of putting salt on hardtack in the field.
What was their method for making enough to feed 120,000 soldiers?
Industrial baking companies.
Whenever I make hardtack it always seems to still remain soft in the middle makings difficult to break into pieces, anyone know how I can prevent this
There are accounts of soldiers using hard tack to make sandwiches. I suspect it all started somewhat soft. Have you left it out in the air to dry?
Dude you look like an older Stevemre1989!!
Why do you use the pastry flour ?
When we look at original pieces, this combination of flour and gives us the best look in comparison to the originals.
Good for coffee?
Yup. Dunk it in til the hardtack softens.
I WANT TO EAT THAT IM GONNA MAKE 10000000000000000 OF THOSE!
Uhhh Ok!! Good luck eaten 10 at most! Lol
Let UA-camr Steve1989 try some of your hardtack. He has eaten actual hardtack from the Civil War. He can tell you if it tastes authentic 😂
He should for real tho