Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it
- Written by Lindsay Kelley, Lecturer, Art & Design, UNSW
Christmas hard tack biscuit: Boer War. Australian War Memorial. Accession Number: REL/10747.Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
Before Anzac biscuits found the sticky sweet form we bake and eat today, Anzac soldiers ate durable but bland “Anzac tiles”, a new name for an ancient ration.
Anzac tiles are also known as army biscuits,...
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