Food in Jars
At first I thought, that’s clever, my hosts keep cereals and other foods in hermetic jars.
A day later I have decided it is genius!
I am used to cereal packaging that is bright, colorful and designed to be exciting– as if to jump out of the shelf and into your hands. Your shelf starts to look like a rainbow exploded in a toy chest and less like human consumable food. The aesthetics of an average pantry are horrendous to say the least.
I found it wonderfully serene to pour a bowl of cereal from a transparent jar– I could see the food that I was about to eat. There were no distractions. Eating cereal became a calm experience.
My lesson for the day: Storing food in an air-tight jar is both practically advantageous and it restores the aesthetic to your pantry.