Few homes in New England are without a box of saltines in the pantry. Whether you crumble them over chowder, dip them into shrimp salad, or mound them under scoops of just-melting vanilla ice cream—à la my grandmother—the effort to make these from scratch will pay big dividends.
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<br />Note: A pasta roller can double as an amazing device for consistently thin crackers. Consider the investment!
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<br />Reprinted with permission from The Lost Kitchen by Erin French (2017, Clarkson Potter).
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