N.L. has a hard bread shortage — but why do we eat it in the first place? | CBC News (cbc.ca)
Grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador have been struggling to keep hard bread in stock since a fire at the Purity factory in March put a crimp in the company’s baking operations.
In #NewfoundlandAndLabrador, Purity is the primary provider of #hard-bread, also called #hard-tack, ship’s biscuit, and sea biscuit — a dry, unleavened #bread made of flour, water and salt. But why is the jaw-breaking baked good so #popular here? #NL
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