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.