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Snacks for Sailors*
Cckers are a populr snack all over the world。 There are
many dierent shapes and flavors of cracke、 Some people like to
eat them with cheese or meat on them、and others eat them wilhout
amything. Saltines are a very popular kind of cracker They are
square cmdckers with salt on them、and they also have many smal
holes
Cckers were invented in 1792 by John Peamon im
Massachusetts in the United States Pearson owned a bakery、 amd
he wanted to make akind of food Ior sailor Sailors oNen took
bread with them on ships、but the bread spoiled* quickly。 Peanon
mixed fiour and water together、and he baked it umil it was very
dy. He named his new food Peaon's Pilot Bead, but many
sailom called it "hardack"
The English word "cracker' was not used until 1801、 At that
time、a man named Josiah Bent had his own hardack bakey. One
dy Bent was baking picces of hardtack、 The pieces burned、and
they made a crckling sound* When he heard this sound、he
thought of the word "cracker" Bent also waned to sell his
cracke to people oher than sailors。 He put salt in his reeipe to
make them mor deliciows.
Bent's cmckers became very popular in the northeastern United
Siatex、 amd people there oNNen put them in soup。 Soon、people in
other pars of the country began eting them。 Later、a company called
Nabisco bought boh Peamons and Bents bakeris. Nabico
continued to use Bents recipe、 but it gave the cracken a new
name、saltines
*sailor 前
*spoi 簡る
*Crackling sOund: パチバチする芝
