1
: hard crisp bread originally used as ship's stores
2
: a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp
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The dish: Order a hot karak chai ($5) – a milky spiced tea – with a cake rusk ($1.50) for dipping.
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Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack, rusks and ship’s biscuits, their durability their main asset.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2020
Toss with about ½ cup of vinaigrette, making sure to combine thoroughly so the rusks begin to soak up the vinaigrette.
—Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
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Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack, rusks and ship’s biscuits, their durability their main asset.
—Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2020
Toss with about ½ cup of vinaigrette, making sure to combine thoroughly so the rusks begin to soak up the vinaigrette.
—Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
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“Rusk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rusk. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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: a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp
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