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A customer's note on a bread bag from 2012 still sits on my fridge
It was a really cold morning at the old farmers market in Lincoln, Nebraska. I was just starting out, selling maybe 30 loaves a week. An older woman bought my sourdough, and the next week she came back with the empty paper bag. She'd written on it in pencil, 'The crust sang when I broke it. Thank you.' I asked her what she meant, and she said her grandmother used to say that about good bread, that the crackle sounded like a song. That simple phrase changed how I listen to my own bread when it comes out of the oven. I don't just check the color anymore, I wait for that sound. Does anyone else have a little phrase or tip from a customer that stuck with them like that?
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brian_ramirez25d ago
@knight.mason that's missing the point completely. Did you read what she wrote about the crust singing? You ever have a customer say something that made you think about your work different or nah
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