popcorn

Life experiences are incredibly personal moments that build up our character to determine who we are as individuals and how we fit in the world. The important thing about these experiences, is that they help to shape the way in which we perceive that world and the consequent way in which we act towards it and those around us. The problem with looking at our own life experiences is that every single person is different and unique. Whilst individuality is regarded to have paramount importance in many western cultures, when pinpointing what life experiences can be categorised within the emotional realm of hygge, it becomes difficult to assume what life experiences and moments are universally regarded as important - and more importantly, include food.

So my first job was to look for food that could be categorised as hygge. My instinct was to initially look for a recipe book that celebrated hygge specifically through food. In my search for the perfect cook book I came across Hygge: Comfort & Food For The Soul. Whilst flicking through all of the recipes it occurred to me that each recipe included a 'Hygge Hint' which offered a way to develop each recipe from the basic dish to a moment of hygge.

Nearly all of us, I can imagine, have at some stage sat down to watch a movie with a bag full of popcorn; with a loved one, family or friends. Sitting in the silence of a dark room consuming nothing but a movie, a crunchy snack and the company of those around us. This is a life experience that  we can all understand and appreciate for what it is. The popcorn is inexpensive to buy and will only take a few minutes to make a big batch like mine. The satisfaction, the hygge is in the explosion of the hard corn into the light and fluffy sea of popcorn. The hygge is in the sharing of the snack. 'Popcorn means movie night!', popcorn means hygge.

Works Cited

CookNation. Hygge: Comfort & Food For The Soul. Inverness: Bell & Mackenzie Publishing Ltd, 2016. Print.