Sailor Boy Pilot Bread Crackers, 2 lb

I've been wanting to try pilot bread, but they seem to be impossible to find in most of the lower 48's. Decided to order although I'm not entirely sure if I can get through 2 Lbs before they either go moldy or stale. We'll see I guess.Good tasting crackers. Not sure if I miss having salt or not. Part of me thinks they'd be tastier and part says that would kind of defeat the purpose as they might dry out from the salt and go stale. They hold up well when you're biting them. They don't seem to flake (as badly, they do flake a bit) or break like saltines. Seem to have a slightly more bread like texture than saltines. So far I've only tried them with peanut butter but plan to test them with either tuna or chicken salad in the next day of two. They should be fine. Better, in fact, then regular crackers.In case anyone is wondering, I sealed up 8 crackers (2x4@crackers) in my vacuum sealer and they held up well sealing. I plan on testing them in a couple of months to see how well they hold up to sort of make your own home-made MREs. I'll update this if they don't hold up, but I don't foresee that being a problem unless the seal gets punctured.My box arrived in good shape. Had two broken, on on each end. That should be expected. For crying out loud, they're crackers! A few were also "chipped" but, again, they're crackers! I didn't see anything different from what I buy crackers in my local grocery. Of course if the delivery truck runs over them...

I have loved SBPB ever since I first found one that fell out of an old dusty barrel at a local abandoned maritime museum, I think the barrel was dated 1890. Ever since I have been chasing that white crumbly dragon, but on the east coast no stores carry SBPB. So I have been ordering off Amazon any time I can scrap up enough change. I even gave my daughters each a 2 lbs box for Christmas! If you could just see their little faces as they ripped off the wrapping paper to see the sailor boy logo! Of course we had to dole them out over the next several months to the kids, The only thing is that you have to open the plastic bag inside the box and let it sit for at least 2weeks before you try to eat one, if not you’re likely to be finding buckets crumbs on the couch which is the toddler favorite place to run off to eat them. It’s causes some anxiety amongst my four year old, mostly because I have been teaching her about the “crack” monster Circa 1980 Gallagher stage show.

Born and raised in the Alaskan panhandle, there is no telling how many Sailor Boy crackers I have eaten in my years there. As an expat now living in New England I have not had any in many years. I was overjoyed to find these online and ordered 8 boxes of them. These are precisely as I remembered, much to my great joy! I haven't opened every box obviously, but I detected no damage in shipment. If I find some, I will have no problem eating some busted up crackers or even the crumbs. My dad used to love popping these in the toaster for a good while to brown them a bit and crisp them right up. I have eaten these with peanut butter MANY times. I have served them with soup, crumbled up a bit to soak up the broth. My mouth is watering. I heartily recommend these crackers 1,000,000% to anyone and especially my fellow Alaskans wherever life finds you. I hope these remain available online for as long as I still draw breath!

Having read about hardtack for many tens of years, I bought Sailor Boy Pilot Bread Crackers, 2 lb because it was advertised as a modern version of traditional sailor’s bread. Over a period of many months they did not go stale. The last cracker was of the same quality as the first. I am an armchair sailor, so this is based on the fact that the humidity in Houston gets to most anything intended to be eaten crisp. Your money’s worth in large crackers.The crackers are thick making them a solid platform for larger snacks. They are rather bland, with a mild toasted flavor. This means they will not conflict with topping's from cheese to peanut butter. As a dipping cracker they will stand up to anything, from soup to chili. Given their shelf life, Sailor Boy Pilot Bread Crackers make for good emergency stores.They are brittle. Other reviewers mention that there is a certain amount of breakage, more like chipping from the simple packaging. I am not sure I would want to trade off crackers for shock proofing as I suspect reducing breakage would mean more box and less product. They can shatter into many pieces with every bite. They are not perforated in a way to make them easy to snap into smaller portions. Indoors, you are always going to want to eat them with a napkin in hand to limit the scatter of crumbs. On deck, make sure to eat them to leeward.

Bought a box in 2020 and forgot about it. Opened it up yesterday. Sealed with just a twist tie but dry, crunchy and tasted pretty good.

These pilot crackers are good, bit shipping took forever. In fact, I tried to cancel the order to get my money back, but I could not cancel.

These crackers came in immaculate condition (not a single crumb in the bag), and tasted crisp and fresh - I'd never had them before, and couldn't be happier with my purchase. Value for money may seem low compared to conventional crackers, but given their promised shelf life (and the even greater shelf life reported by long-time consumers), they seem like a good bargain to me. Will definitely be purchasing again (in fact, I subscribed).Don't be misled by one-star reviews that refer only to the condition these crackers arrived in - how they're allowed to remain up when they don't relate to the product itself at all is beyond me.NB: Amazon - there NEEDS to be an option to report feedback that is not relevant to the product, but to the shipper et al. As it is, the only option is to report a review for "inappropriate content". I've contacted support about this before, and would urge anyone reading this to do the same.