The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) does not include the term cracker in its dictionary. However, the concept is often used in our language with different meanings.
Cracker is a kind of cookie that is made with flour, salt and other ingredients, but without yeast. These foods are cooked in the oven and are often eaten as a snack.
It is common for crackers to have cheese, seeds, or herbs. These ingredients can be added to the dough before baking or on top once the cookies are ready to eat.
Although they can be eaten without accompaniment, crackers are often used as a base and different foods are added to them: ham, sausages, cheeses, etc. They can also be spread with lard (butter) or other products of a similar consistency, such as jam.
Many people love crackers, because they are a very versatile food, which is sold in a large number of flavors and formats, as well as allowing it to be combined with a host of others, both sweet and savory. But one of their greatest advantages is that they are ideal for calming the feeling of hunger between meals, especially for those who need to control their weight.
In most of the most common diets to lose weight we find crackers as a replacement for bread, not only because in their basic version they have a lower caloric and fat content but also because their consumption can be measured more easily: for example, nutritionists they can tell us to eat a certain number at each meal.
It is important to remember that there are always alternatives to foreign terms in our own language, and they are preferred so that communication is clear and accessible to all Spanish-speaking people. In this case, a valid alternative is crispy cookies ; Although it is not what we will find in the packages of commercial products, its use is recommended in everyday speech to respect the beauty and richness of our language.
Spinach and sesame crackers recipe
Preparing crackers at home is not a difficult task, and since the possible combinations of ingredients are virtually endless, we can leave our creativity free to come up with an endless diversity of flavors.
In this case, we will see a simple recipe to prepare spinach and sesame crackers. The necessary ingredients are the following:
* 200 grams of flour;
* a teaspoon and a half of baking powder;
* a teaspoon of salt;
* a tablespoon of oil (preferably olive);
* approximately 60 milliliters of water;
* 80 grams of fresh spinach.
We spread the dough on a previously greased and floured roasting pan, stretch it until we get a thin layer and then cut it into small squares. Finally, we put everything in the oven until the crackers are crispy (the approximate cooking time is 20 minutes).
Computer cracker
In the field of computing, on the other hand, a person who manages to breach or violate a security system is known as a cracker. Crackers often remove, illegally, the restrictions established by a software license.
A cracker can create a computer patch (known as a crack) that modifies a program without the authorization of its creator. A software company, for example, places various restrictions in the code of a program to prevent it from being copied and used illegally. Through a crack, a cracker can remove those obstacles and make it possible to use the software even without the corresponding license.
Crackers, on the other hand, can take control of a system to access private data and steal or delete the information.