A type of saltine cracker or biscuit, particularly popular in Spanish and Latin American cuisine.
From Spanish galleta, ultimately derived from French galet (pebble), because the crackers were hard and biscuit-like, resembling small stones.
The word for a crunchy cracker literally means 'pebble'—which makes sense when you think about how hard and tooth-breaking these ship's biscuits were in the days of wooden ships and long voyages!
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