This morning after taking a stroll around the town square of Mountain Grove, my brother and I paid…read morea visit to Richard Brothers Supermarket, which is cat-a-corner from we are staying. I guess you can say that the Johnson Brothers were checking out the Richard Brothers. No, not that way, get your head out of the gutter.
We heard tell that the bakery held within its display cases a certain local delicacy that had to be seen, and tasted, to be believed. So we wound our way through the 1960 style market until we found ourselves standing at our destination. Upon looking in the display case, we saw what we came for. The ultimate of ultimates, the belief beyond beliefs, the glory of glorious, the one and only, glazed crosaunts.
They were lovingly splayed on two shelves of trays, patiently awaiting these two customers in particular, to make a monetary transaction, and take them home. Thus it was so.
A funny thing, there was a list on the outer case stating what kind of pastries that were offered for sale. We studied it trying to find the special name given to these wonders, (as we didn't want to look like a couple tourists), but couldn't find one. We did see a generic crosaunt, but thought, nah, that couldn't be it. So I asked the nice attendant behind the counter "what do you call these things"? She looked at me, like, huh? Why, these are crosaunts she said.
Cover blown.
The crosaunt was huge! Far bigger than ordinary. My brother said that back at the old home place, they would call these "bigerns", (translation big ones....with a southern twang) where he comes up with this stuff I don't know.
Of course the "bigerns" were melt in your mouth delicious. Like eating flavored air. I highly recommend picking up a few, or a dozen, for their shelf life is almost non existent. The trays barely have time to get sticky.
I should give them more than 3 stars, but for lack of promotion, the Richard Brothers are leaving a lot of money on the table. Something the Johnson Brothers would never allow to happen.
Properly promoted, the lone nameless crosaunt, could revitalize the economy of this sleepy town square. For instance: Mountain Grove, home of the BIGERN!
Hey Mr.. Richard Brothers, If you bake it, they will come.