Gallette del Marinaio

This is one of the fundamentals of the Ligurian kitchen. It is the bread that has gone to sea with sailors for many centuries. It sailed with Ligurians wherever they traveled, and represented home. These biscuits are quite hard, and may not strike you as being enticing. However, they served important functions. If someone was seasick, these were often the only things that could be digested. More usually, a sailor would add sea water to the biscuit, which would soften it and make it usable i