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A culture shock
I was born and grew up in France.Nearly 25 years ago - at the age of 25 - I moved to Denmark and had a culture shock!The first thing I noticed was the the difference in food culture.In Denmark people did not mind drinking something sweet with their food,they served few vegetables,and the bread often tasted – for me – like cardboard.It was not unusual to have to content oneself with one dish for a so-called dinner,which was usually consumed in the evening.Most meals were supposed to be eaten quickly and alone.The food was rarely a topic of conversation.It did not take much before the Danes felt that the food was - not refined - but too fine.Brown gravy – always tasting and looking the same -- over-done meat,onions,and potatoes seemed to be their favourite food.When I brought French products with me home to Denmark,my guests were not very interested.In their view French sausage and French cheese looked positively disgusting.Liquor was more interesting.Without restrain they would taste everything,just like they did not refrain from eating my imported candy - which I had thought would last for months - in just one evening.
Some differences are noticed straight away
Different food cultures and cultural differences in general are neither easy to analyse nor to describe.Cultures are very complex systems of differences - intertwined with each other,which the culture members are guided by in their choices.If you come from a different culture,it is often easier to wonder at the strange choices – and differences – you are confronted by.You do not become conscious of everything,but when it is a question of food,the confrontation is almost inevitable:you must eat even if it disturbs you to the core when you are submitted to a different food code.
The components of food culture
Among the basic differences which the multiple cultures employ in the building of their food culture,some are physiological taste experiences (sweet,salt,sour,bitter,cold,warm,dry,spicy...).Some have to do with preparation (raw,boiled,fried...).Others refer to basic attitudes (ethos) concerning the relationship with nature and the universe (pure,unclean,holy,secular,genuine,healthy,necessary...).Yet others refer to the social ties (traditional,public,private,luxurious,festive,everyday-like,exotic...).In other words,it is not just what you eat which is interesting,but also how,when,with whom,and why.And all these domains intersect:everything we eat - as well as the way in which we eat it - is influenced by all the systems of meaning at once.
A culture shock
I was born and grew up in France.Nearly 25 years ago - at the age of 25 - I moved to Denmark and had a culture shock!The first thing I noticed was the the difference in food culture.In Denmark people did not mind drinking something sweet with their food,they served few vegetables,and the bread often tasted – for me – like cardboard.It was not unusual to have to content oneself with one dish for a so-called dinner,which was usually consumed in the evening.Most meals were supposed to be eaten quickly and alone.The food was rarely a topic of conversation.It did not take much before the Danes felt that the food was - not refined - but too fine.Brown gravy – always tasting and looking the same -- over-done meat,onions,and potatoes seemed to be their favourite food.When I brought French products with me home to Denmark,my guests were not very interested.In their view French sausage and French cheese looked positively disgusting.Liquor was more interesting.Without restrain they would taste everything,just like they did not refrain from eating my imported candy - which I had thought would last for months - in just one evening.
Some differences are noticed straight away
Different food cultures and cultural differences in general are neither easy to analyse nor to describe.Cultures are very complex systems of differences - intertwined with each other,which the culture members are guided by in their choices.If you come from a different culture,it is often easier to wonder at the strange choices – and differences – you are confronted by.You do not become conscious of everything,but when it is a question of food,the confrontation is almost inevitable:you must eat even if it disturbs you to the core when you are submitted to a different food code.
The components of food culture
Among the basic differences which the multiple cultures employ in the building of their food culture,some are physiological taste experiences (sweet,salt,sour,bitter,cold,warm,dry,spicy...).Some have to do with preparation (raw,boiled,fried...).Others refer to basic attitudes (ethos) concerning the relationship with nature and the universe (pure,unclean,holy,secular,genuine,healthy,necessary...).Yet others refer to the social ties (traditional,public,private,luxurious,festive,everyday-like,exotic...).In other words,it is not just what you eat which is interesting,but also how,when,with whom,and why.And all these domains intersect:everything we eat - as well as the way in which we eat it - is influenced by all the systems of meaning at once.
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