A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before or after baking.
Water biscuit crackers with herring and garlic sauce
Reproduction of 19th-century hardtack, in the Army (square) and Navy (round) styles
A saltine or soda cracker is a thin, usually square, cracker made from white flour, sometimes yeast, fat, and baking soda, with most varieties lightly sprinkled with coarse salt. It has perforations o
Cracker (food)
…were more palatable than hard tack but still suitable for long-term storage by sailors and travelers. There are two major types of crackers: soda (or saltine), which are fermented and leavened with yeast; and snack crackers, which are, in most cases, chemically-leavened. Soda crackers normally do not contain…