Anzac tiles used to send letters to loved ones | Anzac Day 2024 | ABC Australia

Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it.
Anzac biscuits weren’t always the sticky sweet treat we bake and eat today, initially Anzac soldiers ate durable but bland ‘Anzac tiles’.
Anzac tiles, also known as army biscuits, ship's biscuits, or hard tack, were homemade and sent to soldiers during World War I. The biscuits had a long shelf life, were very hard and soon used creatively to solve the shortage of stationary.
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Many thanks to all our people in the defense forces. May they never be needed to fall as many who went before them, whom we remember with gratitude.

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Soak and soften the tiles in broth or dunk them in your tea or risk breaking your teeth.