# Cracker recipe??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525 "2008-03-07T22:32:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525/1 "2008-03-07T22:32:47Z")

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Or something cracker-esque, that would go well with New England clam chowder. It doesn’t necessarily need to be something you’d crumble into soup. Just, well, crackery.

It’s snowing like a mo-fo, we’ve got what we need to make the chowder, but there is nothing in the house resembling a cracker. I got rear-ended earlier today when I went out, so I’m not going out again!

I could make biscuits, I guess, but I’m not that fired up about it.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525/2 "2008-03-07T23:09:57Z")

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Hmm - make basic pie crust, possibly with the addition of a little cheese or herbs, roll it out and bake it in strips or squares? You need only flour, shortening, salt, water and the seasonings mentioned above.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525/3 "2008-03-07T23:39:40Z")

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Maybe [cheese straws](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cheese-Straws/Detail.aspx)? You don’t have to make them in straw form. You can just roll them about a 1/4-inch thick and cut them in squares or rectangles.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525/4 "2008-03-08T01:07:26Z")

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[QUOTE=teela brown]  
Hmm - make basic pie crust, possibly with the addition of a little cheese or herbs, roll it out and bake it in strips or squares? You need only flour, shortening, salt, water and the seasonings mentioned above.  
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As a child, I thought baked pie crust scraps were da bomb. I’m kind of afraid to do what you suggest. It’d be like crack.

Mmmmm. Pie…crust!

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-recipe/440525/5 "2008-03-08T01:21:02Z")

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[This](http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/olive-oil-crackers-recipe.html) looks like a good recipe, I think. Or at least a good place to start. I think she has other recipes as well.