Shoutout to the bakery in Portland that let me try a failed batch of croissants

I was at Tabor Bread last Tuesday and they had a whole tray of croissants that didn't puff up right. The baker came out and offered samples to everyone. They still tasted amazing just looked like flattened pancakes. Has anyone else had a bakery turn a fail into a free tasting thing?

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tessawebb24d ago

There's something cool about places that let you in on the messy side of making food. Like how breweries will sell you a "test batch" that tastes weird but is super cheap. It feels more human when a shop admits things go wrong and still shares the love instead of just trashing it all.

lucas15924d ago

I get what you're saying about the "human" angle, but honestly I think the whole "test batch" thing is just a marketing gimmick. Like, they're not really sharing the messy side, they're just selling off their failed experiments at a profit instead of dumping them. It's the same reason bakeries sell day-old bread at a discount - it's not about being open and honest, it's about making money off stuff they already messed up. If a place really cared about the "love," they'd just give it away or compost it and start fresh. The whole "we're so quirky and flawed" vibe just feels like another way to sell you something. To me, it is more human when a place just admits they made a bad batch and tosses it without trying to spin it into some "look how authentic we are" story.