Student creates 12-course meal in a can
Having cooked all 12 dishes himself, graphic design student, Chris Godfrey reduced them down to liquid form, either by boiling or blending and adding water and gelatine.
He then poured each course into a can, waiting for each layer to set before adding the next.
However, don’t expect to see the product on supermarket shelves anytime soon, as Godfrey admits no one wanted to taste his concoction.
‘It didn’t look appealing’
“All my housemates declined the offer and I didn't fancy it myself. Although the ingredients sound luxurious, it didn't look very appealing," he added.
Godfrey, who was inspired to put a meal into a can by Andy Warhol’s take on consumerism, said he wanted to make his own statement about consumerism, not a food product people would buy
“In our culture we just buy, buy, buy if we think we’re getting a bargain, but perhaps we all need to question whether things really are as good as they sound and consider the wider impact of such rapid consumption.”
Acting course director Cathy Gale said the fact people could imagine the product on supermarket shelves was testament to Godfrey’s message.
“The meal intrigue’s because it is both a critique of consumption and a believably real foodstuff in its own right – it attracts and repels in equal measure,” she added.
The 12 courses included in the can are:
- Selection of local cheeses with sourdough bread
- Pickled kobe beef with charred strawberry
- Ricotta ravioli with a soft egg yolk
- Shitake mushroom topped with filled peppers
- Halibut poached in truffle butter in a coconut crepe
- Risotto foraged ramps (a type of spring onion), prosciutto and fresh parmesan
- French onion soup with fresh thyme and gruyere cheese
- Roast pork belly and celeriac root purée
- Palate cleanser, pear and ginger juice
- Rib eye steak with grilled mustard greens
- Crack pie with milk ice cream on a vanilla tuile ( a sweet pie named for its addictive quality)
- French caneléwith a malt barley and hazelnut latte
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