Theory number three: ‘Frisco biscuits were a form of hardtack. Since sourdough wouldn’t have been a good long-term provision and there was no evidence for the cookie theory, hardtack seemed like the ...

Those biscuits were actually hardtack, those extremely hard crackerlike discs that were baked to oblivion so they'd last on ...

In 1895, James Spratt released a commercial dog food he created and manufactured. In 1926, Hubbard & Sons, makers of hardtack sea biscuits for fishermen, created Old Mother Hubbard Dog Food Co. It is ...