NW: Traditionally they were family businesses, with the father baking the
bread in the wee hours of the morning, and then leaving the shop in the
hands of his wife and a usually also a young girl to help out.
Yup, that's how it works in our village...
Jez
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Nathan <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Visiting Denmark this week, and taking pictures of course. Yesterday
> morning I walked to the local bakery with my friend. Danish bakeries
> are the best in the world. Traditionally they were family businesses,
> with the father baking the bread in the wee hours of the morning, and
> then leaving the shop in the hands of his wife and a usually also a
> young girl to help out. In fact, the traditional name of the girl
> selling bread in a bakery is "bagerjomfru", literally translated
> "baker virgin". I don't know if this one is a virgin (didn't ask...)
> but the bread we bought was delicious in any event:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#409726187_TYB7U-O-LB
>
> Nathan
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