On Nov 1, 3:30 pm, the pilgrim wrote:
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:50:07 GMT, Dave Bell wrote:
stark wrote:
It's for an English word that describes a bread that has been
preserved by toasting or heating. Naturally the bread is no longer
fresh; it's hard and usable only for dunking in soups or stews or
maybe used as a thickener. But the bread keeps for a long while
without
becoming mouldy. As I understand it the bread required no special
handling, just hung
in bags or sacks until it was used.

Hardtack?

Seabiscuit?


Nah, he quit racing decades ago.