guinea pig results...

Hi Dave,

Just wanted to let you know that I haven’t just left town with your bread without doing any tasting. I am out of town and in fact held the tastings. The forms are at home as I’ve been waiting for the results from two friends.

I held a tasting with four folks at work, plus two friends in one family and 3 friends in another as well as David and myself for a total of 11 people. The preferences were all quite different, and quite difficult for some folks to choose a favorite.

So that we could involve people on their own schedules I labeled baggies A,B,C, and D and placed enough full slices in each so each person in a group would have one slice of each bread. At work I just labeled each plate with the appropriate letter and we all wished we had wine to go with it! Everyone also had a form to fill out and each group had a copy of the nutrients.

David and I tried the samples both toasted and un-toasted. The group of three just did toast. The group of four sat around and tested it plain and we found out that one person had been involved in a formal bread tasting years ago. The loaf of Winter Wheat you gave me went to a woman with two small kids.

I just received the results today by email from the friends I was waiting on. So I’m copying the text from their testing here for you to see and I’ll either mail or tabulate the others to send when I get home next week. Hope this isn’t too late for you.

To summarize, everyone loved the bread, some liked the nutty chewiness of A and B and others preferred less texture as in C and D. One would have preferred a larger footprint for his sandwiches (he is extremely active with a good appetite) while most thought the footprint was fine.

Because everyone liked the bread and weren’t necessarily calorie or carb counters (with the exception of two) most thought all the ingredients were fine so that wouldn’t have swayed their decision. However, the following speaks for the carb counters. You can tell they read their labels!

“Over a week after you gave it to us, we finally had time to do the Dave’s Killer Bread taste test. It was still extremely fresh and delicious. We were shocked and happily surprised. He has made an even tastier, more nutritious, lower carbs, higher fiber, lower calories, bigger serving (yes!), nuttier, seedier bread than the Best Winter Wheat that we eat every morning. “B” was my overall favorite because it seemed to have the most texture but “D” is the best for us and really just as good. All four were delicious. Is “D” still in testing or can we buy it now? Where can you buy his bread before the Farmer’s Market starts up in March or April??”

Hope this is helpful to you and my apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I’ll send the rest next week. And if you have answers to the above, let me know and I’ll pass it along! This was quite fun!

Cheers,
Sally