reefer's nut
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]reefer's nut (plural reefer's nuts)
- The centre part of a ship’s biscuit. This part was compressed and even harder than the rest of the biscuit.
References
[edit]Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia's Culinary History, Colin Bannerman (and others), published by the National Library of Australia, 1998, →ISBN, page 10.