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DBP: So what are these made with?
Bernie: They have raisins, candied fruit, and cinnamon. Decorated with a cross on top.
DBP: Are people supposed to give these up for Lent? I don’t get that.
Bernie: No. People buy these during Lent and give up other stuff. Like meat. People give up different things for Lent. Whatever they consider would be a hardship to do without, that’s what they give up.
DBP: I’m glad I don’t have to give this place up. I’ve grown to love it.
Bernie: Thank you.
DBP: Have you been doing hot cross buns as long as you’ve had the bakery?
Bernie: Yeah. Thirty-seven years. And in this neighborhood, for some of the families here, I’m the new kid on the block! Cause they’re third, fourth, fifth generation. There’s one lady who comes in here at least three times a week. And she’s over a hundred. She celebrated her hundredth birthday here.
DBP: Do you feel like you’ve got kind of a duty to the neighborhood?
Bernie: I guess you could call it that, but it’s had a real interesting type of reward. And I didn’t know that was gonna be part of it when I started, that the bakery would become part of people’s family. Certain holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, those are family holidays, and people have their favorite pastries that they look forward to here and we provide those for them. So in that way we have become part of the neighborhood.
DBP: What’s the next thing you’re gonna bake for a holiday?
Bernie: Well, we’ll be going into summer and there aren’t any holidays for a while. That’s why they created Cinco de Mayo, ‘cuz they needed another holiday.
DBP: What does the bakery do for Cinco de Mayo?
Bernie: We don’t do anything for that. It’s more of a drinking holiday.
DBP: How about a beer-themed pastry?
Bernie: Ha. There you go.
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