It's rumored that in May of 1718 the French pirate sloop Le Trône de Poséidon arrived in Beaufort, North Carolina, for a rare meeting of the Pirates Conclave. The Captain of the ship planned to host a feast for the most famous of all pirates, Blackbeard himself. He directed the ships cook, Jacques Wright, to prepare “foods of the greatest proportions” and ordered him to start with his special “le biscuit”. Well, upon tasting the cook’s special creation, Blackbeard declared he had just experienced, “the best biscuit ever to be had in all of Beaufort”. What happened next is unclear, but when the Le Trône de Poséidon set sail two days later, Jacques Wright was not onboard, and as the story goes, Blackbeard enjoyed the special biscuits every day for the rest of his life. In fact, many believe that to this very day, the spirit of Jacques Wright watches over the preparation of every Beaufort Biscuit to ensure they are fresh, flaky, and the most sought-after biscuit in Beaufort.
