ANZAC BISCUITS
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ANZAC biscuits are a definite Australian icon, they are delicious hardtack and long shelf-life cookies named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. They are commonly eaten in Australia and also New Zealand.
The acronym ANZAC was coined in 1915 when Australian and New Zealand troops were training in Egypt. The word ANZAC was eventually applied to all Australian and New Zealand soldiers in World War 1. The term is particularly associated with the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
ANZAC Day was inaugurated on 25 April 1916 to commemorate the first anniversary of the landing of the ANZAC troops at Gallipoli.
The history of Anzac Biscuits is not set in stone. Nevertheless, it is certain that they first came about during the First World War; around 1914 – 1915. Legend has it that Anzac biscuits started as biscuits made by the Troops in the trenches with provisions they had at hand to relieve the boredom of their battle rations. However, the most popular story is that the making of the ANZAC Biscuits also known as ANZAC wafers and ANZAC tiles came across when the wives, mothers and girlfriends of the Australian soldiers in Gallipoli were concerned for the nutritional value of the food being supplied to their men...