Why are Table Water Crackers called "table water" I cant find out why?

Answer 1

In 1801 Josiah Bent began a baking operation in Milton, Massachusetts, selling "water crackers" or biscuits made of flour and water that would not deteriorate during long sea voyages from the port of Boston. The crackling sound occurred during baking, hence the name. This is where the American term "cracker" originated.

Answer 2

Water Crackers

Answer 3

I am going to assume they were meant to be served with a glass of water when you are seated at a table, like when they give you a bowl of rolls etc.


But I found this article

Crackers started out as thin, crisp nonsweet, bite-size flatbreads. The making of crackers was among the first food industries in America. During the eighteenth century, creap, hard crackers called "ship's bread," "ship's biscuits," and later, "hardtack" were widely manufactured for use on ships and for those migrating westward. These large, sturdy crackers, amde only of flour and water--no shortening--kept for a very long time. One of the earliest brand-name foods was Bent's water crackers, which were initially manufactured by Josiah Bent, a ship's bread baker in Milton, Massachusetts...Crackers were packed in barrels and sold to grocery stores and restaurants. Recipes for simple crackers appeared in early American cookbooks...By the 1840s three major cracker varieties made with shortening had been introduced: the soda cracker, the butter cracker, and the round sugar biscuit...The era of generic crackers ended in 1898 with the formation of the National Biscuit Company, the forerunner of Nabisco...The new company introduced wrapping and packaging machines for their new brand-name product, Uneeda biscuits...After World War II, the cracker industry expanded along with the rest of the snack food field."

Answer 4

You are confusing yourself by placing the emphasis in the wrong place; 'Table Water Crackers' are simply water crackers (crackers made without leavening) that are baked and sized to be served "at table" by the guests, perhaps with cheese & fruit, rather than being passed by the servants.

Answer 5

Water Biscuits

Answer 6

"Table Water" refers to water of a quality that is suitable for drinking at the table.
When they started making them a million years ago, not all water was the quality of water one would
safely drink with a meal.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Because they go on the table at tea-time, and they're "Water" crackers because the taste of them is very mild, like water, so that whatever you put on them, the taste is stronger.