diff --git a/src/dev.ts b/src/dev.ts
index d382d96..f016c57 100644
--- a/src/dev.ts
+++ b/src/dev.ts
@@ -637,6 +637,37 @@ export function installDevHarness(app: App, game: Game): void {
       return { floats: s.eggs.map((e) => e.floatWord), rottenIn: s.rottenIn, dumped: s.bowlsDumped, rows };
     },
 
+    /** Play the day-22 benedict: toast the bread, then poach the egg for it. */
+    benedictDay() {
+      game.setDay(22);
+      run(6);
+      harness.toast(10, 6); // golden-ish; pops -> routes to the poach
+      run(10);
+      const pv = game.poachView as unknown as { session: import('./sim/poach').PoachSession };
+      const s = pv.session;
+      if (!s) return { error: 'not at poach after toast', view: app.currentView === game.poachView ? 'poach' : 'other' };
+      s.src.target = 7;
+      let g = 0;
+      while (s.src.output < 6 && g++ < 1200) run(1);
+      for (let k = 0; k < 3 * 24; k++) {
+        const a = (k / 24) * Math.PI * 2;
+        point(Math.cos(a) * 0.7, 0.7, Math.sin(a) * 0.7, true);
+        run(1);
+      }
+      point(1.6, 0.7, 1.6, false);
+      run(2);
+      tap('Space');
+      g = 0;
+      while ((s.whiteSet < 0.86 || s.yolkSet > 0.35) && s.yolkSet <= 0.3 && g++ < 60 * 40) run(1);
+      tap('KeyL');
+      for (let i = 0; i < 60 * 4; i++) run(1);
+      tap('Enter');
+      run(6);
+      const rows = [...document.querySelectorAll('.crit')].map((e) => e.textContent);
+      const lines = [...document.querySelectorAll('.judge-lines p')].map((e) => e.textContent);
+      return { rows, lines };
+    },
+
     /** Play the day-21 poach with REAL input. good=true: shiver + vortex + drop
      *  + lift-at-set + drain. false: still water, rolling boil, overstay, no drain. */
     poachDay(good = true) {
diff --git a/src/game/game.ts b/src/game/game.ts
index 80c9bf9..c1ca1e2 100644
--- a/src/game/game.ts
+++ b/src/game/game.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { juiceCriteria, type JuiceResult } from '../sim/juicing';
 import { TempClock } from '../sim/tempclock';
 import type { RoastResult } from '../sim/roasting';
 import type { AssemblyResult } from '../sim/assembly';
-import { judgeBruschetta, judgeGrill, judgePan, judgeFridge, judgeSteak, judgeEggs, judgePoach, type BruschettaResult, type PrepResult, type Verdict } from './judging';
+import { judgeBruschetta, judgeGrill, judgePan, judgeFridge, judgeSteak, judgeEggs, judgePoach, judgeBenedict, type BruschettaResult, type PrepResult, type Verdict } from './judging';
 import { JudgeView } from '../scenes/judge';
 import { DrawerView } from '../scenes/drawer';
 import { TOOLS, type ToolId } from '../sim/cutlery';
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ interface Save {
   /** The cold store, persisted: what you stocked on a fridge day is still there
    *  (and older) when a later cook reaches in for it. */
   fridge?: StoredItemSave[];
+  /** Consecutive S grades. The judge notices. Breaking it, he notices more. */
+  streak?: number;
+  /** The regulars remember: per-customer visit count and how last time went. */
+  customers?: Record<string, { visits: number; last: Grade; best: number }>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ export class Game {
     // the drawer as it always did.
     this.kitchen.onPopped = () => {
       if (this.order.bruschetta) this.enterOven();
+      else if (this.order.benedict) this.enterBenedictPoach();
       else this.openDrawer();
     };
     this.kitchen.onServed = () => this.serve();
@@ -398,6 +403,7 @@ export class Game {
     };
     const v = judgeBruschetta(slice, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, seconds, result);
     this.lastBruschetta = { result, verdict: v };
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -588,6 +594,37 @@ export class Game {
     this.enterToastFlow();
   }
 
+  /** The benedict's second act: the toast is made — now poach the egg for it. */
+  private enterBenedictPoach(): void {
+    this.poach.reset(this.order.benedict!.fuel, 'now the egg — poach it and land it on the toast');
+    this.hideAllScenes();
+    this.poach.root.visible = true;
+    this.app.setView(this.poach);
+    this.ticket.show();
+    this.poach.onDone = (result) => {
+      this.poach.root.visible = false;
+      this.serveBenedict(result);
+    };
+  }
+
+  private serveBenedict(poach: ReturnType<PoachView['result']>): void {
+    this.timing = false;
+    const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
+    const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
+    const v = judgeBenedict(slice, this.order, poach, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
+    this.save.total += v.total;
+    const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
+    this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
+    writeSave(this.save);
+    this.hideAllScenes();
+    this.judgeView.root.visible = true;
+    this.judgeView.show(slice, v, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, () => this.rng.next());
+    audio.stamp();
+    this.app.setView(this.judgeView);
+    this.ticket.hide();
+  }
+
   /** The poach pot: spin it, drop it, lift it, drain it, serve it. */
   private enterPoach(): void {
     this.poach.reset(this.order.poach!.fuel);
@@ -606,6 +643,7 @@ export class Game {
     const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgePoach(result, this.order, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -637,6 +675,7 @@ export class Game {
     const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeEggs(result, this.order, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -679,6 +718,7 @@ export class Game {
     const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeSteak(result, this.order, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -712,6 +752,7 @@ export class Game {
     // fridge, at whatever freshness your storage (and the days) left each item.
     this.save.fridge = serializeStore(result.store);
     const v = judgeFridge(result, this.order, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -763,6 +804,7 @@ export class Game {
     const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgePan(result, this.order, seconds, this.panIngredient ?? undefined);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -793,6 +835,7 @@ export class Game {
     const seconds = this.orderSeconds;
     const slice = this.kitchen.currentSlice;
     const v = judgeGrill(result, this.order, seconds);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -830,11 +873,48 @@ export class Game {
     this.ticket.show();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The kitchen's memory: streaks the judge acknowledges, and regulars who
+   * remember how last time went. Runs before the verdict shows, so its lines
+   * ride the judge screen via extraLines.
+   */
+  private recordVerdict(v: Verdict): void {
+    const extras: string[] = [];
+    // The streak. He notices. He hates that he notices.
+    const prev = this.save.streak ?? 0;
+    if (v.grade === 'S') {
+      this.save.streak = prev + 1;
+      if (this.save.streak === 3) extras.push('Three in a row. I am beginning to suspect competence.');
+      else if (this.save.streak === 5) extras.push('Five. I have started a file.');
+      else if (this.save.streak > 5 && this.save.streak % 5 === 0) extras.push(`${this.save.streak} straight. This is no longer luck and we both know it.`);
+    } else {
+      if (prev >= 3) extras.push(`The streak is dead. It was ${prev}. We do not speak of it.`);
+      this.save.streak = 0;
+    }
+    // The regulars remember.
+    const who = this.order.who;
+    const book = (this.save.customers ??= {});
+    const c = book[who] ?? { visits: 0, last: v.grade, best: 0 };
+    if (c.visits > 0) {
+      if (c.last === 'S' && v.grade !== 'S') extras.push(`${who} remembers last time being better. So do I.`);
+      else if ((c.last === 'C' || c.last === 'F') && (v.grade === 'S' || v.grade === 'A')) extras.push(`An improvement on ${who}'s last visit. It was noted. It was needed.`);
+    }
+    c.visits++;
+    c.last = v.grade;
+    c.best = Math.max(c.best, v.total);
+    book[who] = c;
+    this.judgeView.extraLines = extras;
+  }
+
   private renderTicket(): void {
     const o = this.order;
     this.ticketEl.innerHTML = '';
     el('div', 'ticket-day', this.ticketEl, `DAY ${o.day}`);
     el('div', 'ticket-who', this.ticketEl, o.who);
+    const knownAs = this.save.customers?.[o.who];
+    if (knownAs && knownAs.visits > 0) {
+      el('div', 'ticket-hint', this.ticketEl, `visit №${knownAs.visits + 1} — last time: ${knownAs.last}${knownAs.last === 'F' ? '. they came BACK.' : ''}`);
+    }
     el('div', 'ticket-text', this.ticketEl, `“${o.text}”`);
     const spec = el('div', 'ticket-spec', this.ticketEl);
     el('span', 'chip brand', spec, o.brand);
@@ -900,6 +980,7 @@ export class Game {
     // one verdict covers the toast and everything the order asked beside it.
     const extra = this.juiceResult ? juiceCriteria(this.juiceResult) : [];
     const v = judge(slice, this.order, this.kitchen.toolId, seconds, this.prepResult ?? undefined, extra);
+    this.recordVerdict(v);
     this.save.total += v.total;
     const key = `day${this.order.day}`;
     this.save.best[key] = Math.max(this.save.best[key] ?? 0, v.total);
@@ -956,13 +1037,13 @@ function loadSave(): Save {
     if (raw) {
       const s = JSON.parse(raw) as Partial<Save>;
       if (typeof s.day === 'number' && s.day >= 1) {
-        return { day: s.day, maxDay: Math.max(s.day, s.maxDay ?? s.day), total: s.total ?? 0, best: s.best ?? {}, fridge: s.fridge };
+        return { day: s.day, maxDay: Math.max(s.day, s.maxDay ?? s.day), total: s.total ?? 0, best: s.best ?? {}, fridge: s.fridge, streak: s.streak ?? 0, customers: s.customers ?? {} };
       }
     }
   } catch {
     /* a corrupt save is not worth a crash */
   }
-  return { day: 1, maxDay: 1, total: 0, best: {} };
+  return { day: 1, maxDay: 1, total: 0, best: {}, streak: 0, customers: {} };
 }
 
 function writeSave(s: Save): void {
diff --git a/src/game/judging.ts b/src/game/judging.ts
index 66e8bd0..f721eeb 100644
--- a/src/game/judging.ts
+++ b/src/game/judging.ts
@@ -616,6 +616,91 @@ export function judgePoach(r: PoachResult, order: Order, seconds: number): Verdi
   return { criteria, total, grade: gradeOf(total), best: sorted[sorted.length - 1], worst: sorted[0], lines: [] };
 }
 
+// =====================================================================
+// The benedict — two crafts, one plate. The Bread rows read the slice the
+// toaster made; The Poach rows read the egg; the cling sogs the toast beneath.
+
+export function judgeBenedict(slice: Slice, order: Order, r: PoachResult, seconds: number): Verdict {
+  const b = slice.browning.stats(slice.mask);
+  const charFrac = slice.browning.fraction(slice.mask, (v) => v > CHAR_THRESHOLD);
+  const criteria: Criterion[] = [
+    {
+      key: 'browning',
+      group: 'bread',
+      label: 'Browning',
+      score: clamp01(1 - Math.abs(b.mean - order.browning) / 0.3),
+      weight: 1.1,
+      detail: `${b.mean.toFixed(2)} against ${order.browning.toFixed(2)} asked`,
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'evenness',
+      group: 'bread',
+      label: 'Evenness',
+      score: clamp01(1 - b.stdev / 0.2),
+      weight: 0.8,
+      detail: `variation ${b.stdev.toFixed(3)}`,
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'char',
+      group: 'bread',
+      label: 'Char',
+      score: order.noChar ? clamp01(1 - charFrac / 0.12) : clamp01(1 - charFrac / 0.45),
+      weight: 0.6,
+      detail: charFrac < 0.005 ? 'none' : `${Math.round(charFrac * 100)}% burnt`,
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'poachwhite',
+      group: 'poach',
+      label: 'The White',
+      score: clamp01(r.whiteScore),
+      weight: 1.1,
+      detail: r.whiteSet >= 0.85 ? 'set, not snotty' : r.whiteSet >= 0.55 ? 'soft in the middle' : 'raw — it never set',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'poachwobble',
+      group: 'poach',
+      label: 'The Wobble',
+      score: clamp01(r.yolkScore),
+      weight: 1.3,
+      detail: r.wobbleWord,
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'poachform',
+      group: 'poach',
+      label: 'The Form',
+      score: clamp01(r.formScore),
+      weight: 0.9,
+      detail: r.rags > 0.5 ? 'a pot of rags' : r.rags > 0.15 ? 'trailing ribbons' : 'one neat comet',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'benedictsog',
+      group: 'bench',
+      label: 'The Plate',
+      // An undrained egg sogs the toast under it — both crafts pay.
+      score: clamp01(1 - r.cling * 1.1),
+      weight: 0.8,
+      detail: r.cling > 0.3 ? 'poach water soaking the toast' : 'dry underneath — drained properly',
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'time',
+      label: 'Service',
+      score: clamp01(1 - (seconds - 75) / 100),
+      weight: 0.3,
+      detail: `${Math.round(seconds)}s`,
+    },
+  ];
+  let sum = 0;
+  let wsum = 0;
+  for (const c of criteria) {
+    sum += c.score * c.weight;
+    wsum += c.weight;
+  }
+  const total = (sum / wsum) * 10;
+  const rankable = criteria.filter((c) => c.key !== 'time');
+  const sorted = [...rankable].sort((a, b2) => a.score - b2.score);
+  return { criteria, total, grade: gradeOf(total), best: sorted[sorted.length - 1], worst: sorted[0], lines: [] };
+}
+
 // =====================================================================
 // The rib eye — cook it, rest it, cut it. The Rest is the nerve test: it reads
 // the flood, so cutting a hot steak bleeds points onto the board.
diff --git a/src/game/lines.ts b/src/game/lines.ts
index 2eceab5..f6ee906 100644
--- a/src/game/lines.ts
+++ b/src/game/lines.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,16 @@ Object.assign(BANK, {
   },
 });
 
+Object.assign(BANK, {
+  benedictsog: {
+    bad: [
+      'You put a wet egg on good toast. Now it is neither.',
+      'The bread beneath is a sponge. The spoon has holes, use them.',
+    ],
+    good: ['Dry toast under a trembling egg. That is the whole architecture.'],
+  },
+});
+
 // The rib eye — the steakhouse grandfather who has watched a thousand cooks panic.
 Object.assign(BANK, {
   steakcook: {
diff --git a/src/game/orders.ts b/src/game/orders.ts
index 23e109d..95bf5cf 100644
--- a/src/game/orders.ts
+++ b/src/game/orders.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ export interface Order {
   eggs?: { need: number; cartonAge: number };
   /** The poach: fuel under the pot. The vortex, the shiver, the drop, the wobble. */
   poach?: { fuel: string };
+  /** Eggs benedict: toast the bread, then poach the egg and land it ON the
+   *  toast — one plate, two crafts, one verdict. */
+  benedict?: { fuel: string };
 }
 
 export const BROWNING_NAMES: [number, string][] = [
@@ -472,6 +475,21 @@ export const DAYS: Order[] = [
     text: 'One poached egg, proper. Bring the water to a SHIVER — not a boil, it will tear. Spin a vortex, drop it in the eye, and lift it when the white sets and the yolk still trembles. I am going to press it.',
     poach: { fuel: 'gas' },
   },
+  {
+    day: 22,
+    brand: 'WONDERSLICE',
+    bread: 'white',
+    spread: 'butter',
+    amount: 'normal',
+    browning: 0.55,
+    browningName: 'golden',
+    noChar: true,
+    tool: 'butter_knife',
+    butterSoftness: 0.5,
+    who: 'the benedict table, again',
+    text: 'The full benedict. Golden toast — THEN the egg: shiver, vortex, drop, lift it trembling, drain it, and land it on the bread. Two crafts, one plate. Ruin either and the other dies with it.',
+    benedict: { fuel: 'gas' },
+  },
 ];
 
 /** Days beyond the script — keep going, with everything cranked. */
@@ -490,8 +508,9 @@ export function proceduralOrder(day: number, rand: () => number): Order {
   if (roll < 0.64) return proceduralGrill(day, rand);
   if (roll < 0.75) return proceduralPan(day, rand);
   if (roll < 0.84) return proceduralSteak(day, rand);
-  if (roll < 0.91) return proceduralEggs(day, rand);
-  if (roll < 0.96) return proceduralPoach(day, rand);
+  if (roll < 0.90) return proceduralEggs(day, rand);
+  if (roll < 0.94) return proceduralPoach(day, rand);
+  if (roll < 0.97) return proceduralBenedict(day, rand);
   return proceduralFridge(day, rand);
 }
 
@@ -598,6 +617,16 @@ function proceduralPoach(day: number, rand: () => number): Order {
   return o;
 }
 
+function proceduralBenedict(day: number, rand: () => number): Order {
+  const fuel = day > 28 && rand() < 0.4 ? 'electric' : 'gas';
+  const o = baseOrder(day, pickOf(rand, ['the benedict table, again', 'a hollandaise denialist', 'brunch, incarnate']), '');
+  o.browning = 0.45 + rand() * 0.2;
+  o.browningName = nameBrowning(o.browning);
+  o.benedict = { fuel };
+  o.text = `The full benedict — ${o.browningName} toast, then the poach on top. White set, yolk trembling, bread not soggy. Two crafts, one plate.`;
+  return o;
+}
+
 function proceduralFridge(day: number, rand: () => number): Order {
   const o = baseOrder(day, 'the delivery, at 6am', '');
   void rand();
diff --git a/src/scenes/judge.ts b/src/scenes/judge.ts
index cfafd4c..f5d5dad 100644
--- a/src/scenes/judge.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/judge.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
   private viewBtn!: HTMLButtonElement;
 
   onNext: (() => void) | null = null;
+  /** One-shot lines the game adds to this verdict (streaks, regulars' memory). */
+  extraLines: string[] = [];
 
   constructor(private app: App) {
     this.pedestal = new THREE.Group();
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
     // asked and what for, not the unread toast defaults.
     this.orderEl.textContent = order.grill
       ? `Day ${order.day} · ${order.who} asked for the barbie`
+      : order.benedict
+        ? `Day ${order.day} · ${order.who} asked for the full benedict`
       : order.poach
         ? `Day ${order.day} · ${order.who} asked for the poached egg`
       : order.eggs
@@ -170,6 +174,8 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
     clear(this.linesEl);
     const lines = verdictLines(verdict, order, TOOLS[tool].name, rand);
     for (const l of lines) el('p', undefined, this.linesEl, l);
+    for (const l of this.extraLines) el('p', 'judge-extra', this.linesEl, l);
+    this.extraLines = [];
 
     this.faceEl.src = assetUrl(`/assets/img/judge_${judgeFace(verdict.grade)}.png`);
     this.stampEl.textContent = verdict.grade;