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Gee, there are a lot of these memes circulationg the blog-o-sphere, aren’t there? This particular one was created by the mind of Dan from SaltShaker, and has been slowly travelling around as it’s not an easy one and needs a bit of thought:

My thought in this meme is food items or events that changed your foodie life. Not some “oh, it’s the first time I didn’t put jelly on a peanut butter sandwich and used bananas instead” sort of change, unless you truly feel that affected you profoundly. That’s the key - it affected you profoundly, in some manner. A moment you can look back at and say “that was a defining moment”. The questions are simple, the answers might be harder - an item, person, event, or place that had that effect on you, and why. They don’t have to be big splashy things - sometimes it’s something very small and simple that changes the way we view the world - the famed “butterfly effect” (and I’m not talking about the Aston Kutcher movie). So, to those who want to participate, copy this and pass it on. Here are your categories:

1. An ingredient; 2. A dish, a recipe; 3. A meal (in a restaurant, a home, or elsewhere); 4. A cookbook or other written work; 5. A food “personality” (chef, writer, etc.); 6. Another person in your life

(source: SaltShaker)

I was tagged for this by Gattina, and hope that I can answer this as eloquently as she has Here goes nothing…

1. An ingredient: Chilli

Korean cuisine features lots and lots of chilli, and anyone going through our fridge and pantry will discover that not only do about 80% of the foodstuffs feature chilli, but that you can buy chilli in any number of forms with which to flavour your meals. My first try of chilli was when I had my first piece of kimchi at the age of 3, even with most of the chilli washed off in a little bowl, I became a little addict - so much so, that when we moved to Australia, I refused to eat anything unless I had some chilli picked kimchi there as a side dish. To this day, I’ll throw a little chilli into most savoury dishes as I love how the heat can warm a dish (and later, your tongue ;)).

2. A recipe: peanut butter cookies

As a child, there are many times when it’s just too much and you seek the comfort of a mother’s loving arms. My own mom has never been the hugs’n'kisses type (in fact, displays of affection in my household are extremely rare), but whenever I came home from school in a sulk because of a bad grade or because I’d been teased by the boys, mom would sense my unhappiness and silently start to put together a batch of these sweet and salty crunchy bites of delight. She stopped making them as I got older and sought solace in other forms, but whenever I’m upset now I still find myself craving these little cookies, and the comfort they brought.

3. A meal: my first authentic Chusok feast

After having grown up in Australia and experiencing half-hearted Harvest Festival celebrations with my family over the years, it was a real eye-opener when I returned to Korea and experienced the full-blown thing with my extended family. The women of the family gathered together for 2-3 full days of preparing and cooking - many many different types of sweet rice cakes, fish, meat, vegetables, soups, all of which is presented to our ancestors in a traditional prayer ceremony before everyone sits down and then devours the lot. Though I’ve since returned to Australia, we still celebrate this festival within the immediate family, and I’m always on hand to assist my mother with creating these numerous and time-consuming dishes, conscious of the history behind every move my hands make.

4. A cookbook & 5. A food personality: Nigella Lawson’s “How to be a domestic goddess”

Even though I’ve always enjoyed reading cookbooks and cooking, it wasn’t till I purchased Nigella’s “How to be a domestic goddess” that I was completely and utterly fell in love with the world of cookery writing - almost every one of those recipes has a little anecdote, a story behind it’s sourcing or creation, and this made me think about the foods and recipes which feature/d in my life, the memories and moods that I associate with them. Nigella’s familiar and friendly method of writing made me feel competent and ’safe’ enough to try a few of her recipes, and when they turned out marvellously and to the acclaim of friends and family, I fell in love with her just that little bit more.

6. A person in your life: my mother

There is no question about this. As a stay-at-home parent, my earliest and most constant memories of my mother are of her bent over the stove, smelling, tasting, stirring and creating some delicious dish for her family to enjoy. When I was a baby, she encouraged me to play with and run my hands through various ingredients from flour to salt, and rice to red beans, to experience their different weights and textures. As I got older, I started helping with things such as stirring, however since I was so little, it was often with me sitting on the bench top amongst the ingredients, or on the floor between her feet. To this day she amazes me with her intuition when it comes to cooking, and by sticking by her side I’m hoping that I’ve absorbed some of her kitchen magic

So, taggy time, hey? I’ve no idea who’s already done this and who has been tagged but is yet to take part - so if you read my blog and haven’t already been tagged for this meme, please feel free to take part

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