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  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “Cracker Barrel” refers to 19th century rations. The Cracker was a shelf stable hard-tack biscuit and they were packed into barrels or boxes for transport. You would have encountered hard tack in the military or as a poverty food.

    There is a story about General Lee and Jackson meeting before Chancellorsville while sat on these boxes called the “Crackerbox Meeting”

    I don’t think the name is related to the anti-white pejorative.

    • DannyMac@lemm.ee
      1·
      7 months ago

      Oh yeah! Cracker Barrel, as far as I can tell, never offered hard tack made items on the menu! Boo! False advertising!

      Thanks for the info, I didn’t realize that’s where the name came from :)