Hard Tack
"Hardtack: Easy to Make, Hard to Eat." The Washington Post. N.p., 9 Dec. 2004. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
The article references a popular snack called “hard-tack” in order to describe how women feel about men without any money. This cracker was a staple part of the diet of the Civil War soldiers and was also very commonly eaten in the military before the Civil War. It was made with very simple ingredients: flour, salt, and water but was very difficult eat because of its rock-like consistency; the cracker was certainly named appropriately. The reference to the hard very bland cracker serves to imply that the men who lack money are as uninteresting as the very brittle cracker. The use of this term seeks to highlight the important of money in the courting process. A man’s marriage prospects depended a lot on his financial situation.
The article references a popular snack called “hard-tack” in order to describe how women feel about men without any money. This cracker was a staple part of the diet of the Civil War soldiers and was also very commonly eaten in the military before the Civil War. It was made with very simple ingredients: flour, salt, and water but was very difficult eat because of its rock-like consistency; the cracker was certainly named appropriately. The reference to the hard very bland cracker serves to imply that the men who lack money are as uninteresting as the very brittle cracker. The use of this term seeks to highlight the important of money in the courting process. A man’s marriage prospects depended a lot on his financial situation.
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