Taste exchange was involved in CaisaFEST!, a two day cultural block party for the whole family, setting a place for people to exchange a story regarding food. Next to me was a woman carving fruit and vegetables into amazing flowers and across the room local people were selling Somali, Nigerian, Filipino and Asian cuisines. Over the two days over forty people wrote and drew about their funny, heart-warming, and delicious food ingredients for a surprise box, experiencing new tastes, such as: cassava, fennel, and mint. A Finnish man came to the table and shared:
‘Every morning I eat yoghurt. It is in a blue container, but it is pretty white. It has a smooth consistency and also lumpy bits. From a glass jar pours out a variety of flakes, pieces of fruit, and all this is called muesli. I don’t know where the word comes from, it is a bit like "mysticism" - there is something mystical about it, that I eat it every morning, 365 times a year. Mystical muesli!’
Below the original in Finnish
‘Every morning I eat yoghurt. It is in a blue container, but it is pretty white. It has a smooth consistency and also lumpy bits. From a glass jar pours out a variety of flakes, pieces of fruit, and all this is called muesli. I don’t know where the word comes from, it is a bit like "mysticism" - there is something mystical about it, that I eat it every morning, 365 times a year. Mystical muesli!’
Below the original in Finnish