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Carlos Durán de la Cruz

Carlos Durán de la Cruz

The good cracker

So the cry is heard on the streets of cities and towns across the country. They are announcing a converted biscuit treat in a kind of national snack. They are flavored variants of the traditional "cracker from the bakery" that for a long time we could barely ever find. In recent years, under the protection of the processor / vendor of light food license, a very widespread and intricate network of producers have become almost ubiquitous these packages of "homemade" crackers converted into star product  of confectioneries mini industries. In the beginning “The good cracker" advanced mile by mile from Placetas and Trinidad, in the center of the country, thanks to a network of vendors who loaded their cars with this merchandise and established their outlet in any corner. In Havana it has reached its peak. Lucia, one of the capital's producers, confesses from the doorway of her house, -since she does not allow access to the processing premises-, that early in her business venture it was hard for her to achieve stable sales, but within weeks it got better. "Our production is fixed: 300 packs a day," she says. In the streets are often seen, with "strings" of crackers...