Bolachão seco: o passado naval do estado de Sergipe através de um produto de panificação

Abstract

This research analyses a current bakery product, found throughout the state of Sergipe, seeking to understand its relationship with a historical food that facilitated or even made viable the navigations connecting the Old World to the Americas. Using the concepts of Food Archaeology, we analyse the dried biscuit and its historical counterparts: sea biscuit and hardtack, seeking to understand the manufacturing processes, methods of preparation, and consumption and thus the experiences of consumers, past and present. We also investigate how its presence in Sergipe’s bakeries informs us about the region's past.