European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pref Dau a Hile i Fri a tight and co wrote Wittort Wolfgang the sixth generation of his family to serve for Hausen As a Tuter a Multi Grain in Cerf. Brooch to ready for a open. Berck won l have it any other Way. Ii must have a certain feet fit s Good Lor baking or not Wolfgang says. Thai certain feel., that evenness of lecture ensures the bread will Rise slowly evenly forming a Hearty Lender loaf. The bread has to be watched coddled nursed. Machinery is insensitive to those needs. That s How his father laugh him and his father before him. It s hard work Wolfgang says. People come in in the morning and they say you re Early. They Don t know we be been Here for s or to the hours Are Long and continuous. The shop closes for three weeks in june one week after Christmas and on German holidays. Thai s it. Even Hough the shop is closed the family works on sunday gelling ready for the week. My work Days Are from Aboul j . To noon. Then some in the afternoon. Friday work for saturday s Sale begins Al 9 . And ends Al noon on saturday. Berck 50, is the reigning patriarch a master Baker a choreographer the undisputed Captain of this Kitchen after 35 years in the Trade. His son Wol gang 28, also a master Baker has 10 years experience. Helmut 24, has been at it for eight years since he was 16. I like it Wolfgang says. You have your own Job. You arc your own Boss Helmut is not yet a certified master Baker which in Germany is a level of experience thai must be achieved for anyone who wants to run i own bakery. To gel the certificate requires three years of schooling which costs about Mark about $ 1,360 and hands on raining while going to school. Candidates limn German Law about what percentage of Corn or of nil or whatever must go into a certain bread before it earns its name. Wheat bread Tor example wheat and nothing else. A wheat i bread on the other hand contains 50 percent wheat ind 50 percent Rye. By Law. They learn thai bread on display must show the name the Price and the weight. That s German Law. Bread to be used for Toast usually is made with chemical preservative. That s German jaw. The breads arc High in fiber High in carbohydrate healthy unlike some of the breads produced in America fiber there by Law can come from Wood pulp added to the mix. That s not possible in Germany. Regular bread we make what we like Wolfgang says. Of count if the people Don l like to we change it that explains the variety in Are about 34,000 Bakers in Germany including 200 women. Each probably has a recipe known Only to him. La s recognized that there Are about 1,200 different kinds of bread produced in these shops. Berck for example produces 12 different breads combinations of six varieties of wheat 10 varieties of Corn and six varieties of Rye Berck concedes however thai he uses Margarine continued on Page 10 automat tit Ruiey it a machine to form Brol Fien. Jut 17,1986 Stripe i Gazini 3
