Crispbread

Crispbread
Swedish crispbread.
Alternative namesHard bread
TypeBread
Place of originSweden
Region or stateNordic countries
Main ingredientsRye flour, salt, water

Crispbread[1][a] is a flat and dry type of bread or cracker made mostly of rye flour. Crispbreads are very light. They stay fresh for a very long time because they are so dry. Crispbread is a staple food. [2] It used to be called a poor man's diet.

Different types and shapes of commercial crispbread:

  • Bublik
  • Dorset knob
  • Flatbread
  • Flatbrød
  • Hardtack
  • Lavash
  • Matzo
  • Ryvita, a brand of crispbread
  • Tunnbröd
  • Wasabröd, a Swedish company

Notes

  1. ↑ Swedish: knäckebröd (sv, lit. 'crack bread'), hårt bröd/hårdbröd (lit. 'hard bread'), spisbröd (lit. 'stove bread') or knäcke; Danish: knækbrød; Norwegian: knekkebrød; Finnish: näkkileipä or näkkäri; Estonian: näkileib; Icelandic: hrökkbrauð; Faroese: knekkbreyð; German: Knäckebrot (de) or Knäcke; Low German: Knackbrood.

References

  1. ↑ CRISPBREAD
  2. ↑ Medeltida trädgårdsväxter: Att spåra det förflutna Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
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