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Once upon a time, there was an Emperor.

The emperor was travelling through the Bavarian forests and Alps,

All of a sudden a flash storm arrived and the Emperor was stranded

It was supper time and the emperor and his crew needed to eat.

They only had the essentials such as milk, eggs, flour, sugar, and dried fruit.

The Emperor told the cook to throw all the ingredients together to make some food.

So the cook put all the milk, flour and eggs, dried fruit into a pan over the fire and mixed up the new dough into smaller pieces, once it was done, he sprinkled some powdered sugar on top.

The emperor was the first to try this new dish and after the first bite, he loved it!

Since that day it became the Emperor’s favourite dish,

he named it the “Kaiserschmarrn” (the Emperor's nonsense/mess)

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The Kaiserschmarrn story is an example of an oral storytelling passed on from generations within a culture. So if I were to collect more fantasy narratives around traditional food I would listen to Germans or Austrians who know the stories from my culture. In this case I am rewriting an oral story passed down to me. I do recognize there are multiple versions of the stories behind the food on the internet shared by other Germans.

An idea to share and continue the fantasy narrative would be during a multicultural food festival, where everyone from diverse cultures share their oral stories around a dish. I could be a visitor attending the festival and participate in other fantasy narratives. If I had a food stand where I create the food and I would then orally retell the narrative from my own culture. It would involve visual and auditory learning as well as trying and testing food. It is also a way of learning for people to discover other cultures by tasting food as one cultural aspect.

If I were to be a visitor and listen to the narratives from other cultures in this festival I would be an outsider learning a tiny part of another culture. I would be participating by playing the role of an active listener to the stories from others.  However, if I were to participate and retell the stories from Germany I would be a speaker in my own culture and reflect on my own identity.

The main purpose of this fantasy narrative food festival would be to find out if the narrative presented this way can be an incentive for outsiders to learn more about other cultures as well as their own. If so, can presenting fantasy narratives through oral storytelling with food help peak the interest of people to learn more about other cultures? If this event  were to take place in Canada, could this be an educational event of cultural exchange work well in a multicultural society?

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A.Ethnography approach with an attempt to look at a collection of multiple cultures at once with food and storytelling as the main cultural aspect. Creating food and telling fantasy narratives was an attempt to create an event that would help display an artistic expression (culinary) of cultural knowledge. When there is only one person or a small group of people that represent a whole culture. It is unfair and they can create a bias because the researcher would only hear one version of a story. I personally discovered this while I was researching the Kaiserschmarrn story and found various versions. What version is the one to believe? Is the solution to hold a food festival every year with different people from each culture?

When I am listening, I am an outsider earning only a tiny aspect of a culture. But I am trying to respect and create a sense of empathy. This event brings empathy by having people of multiple cultures listen and get a taste of other cultures.

Any research or topic that relates back to culture is concerned with identity. Identity can be a sensitive topic for individuals. Some people may not want to share their narratives because of trust towards another group of people. Example Indigenious people sharing their narratives with settlers. The next question is how to make a safe environment for everyone?

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B. This type of research approach where I have cultures sharing food and stories is an event that could help bring a sense of trust between different cultures. It is an attempt to help build down barriers of trust and create bonding between cultures. When I am eating and listening to another culture and vice versa it can make the cultural exchange or an interview feel more comfortable and create a bond between a participant and researcher. Food can be used as a gift as a way of kindness from a researcher doing an interview. It shows that each person has put effort and time with the purpose of a dish to be shared with another person.

While eating and learning a new dish it can be seen as an approach to openness and willingness to learn wordly, historical and social perspectives from other cultures. I wonder if this food research approach can be used in a global political platform? For example if there was a global conference, where many countries try to listen to a political issue from one each country, what if sharing a dish and explaining a narrative from a country would help other countries understand their situation better?

This food even would be an experiment to include different ways of learning. By adding food we are including more sense such as taste as a way to learn something new. I recall the details from the Kaiserschmarrn story because I was eating the delicious sweet pancake food during my learning of the story. I am curious to know if others would remember a narrative better while tasting food as opposed to simply reading the same narrative. Would we be able to relate and engage more with a narrative than simply reading a written version?

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Fantasy Narratives around national dishes 

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Fantasy Narratives around national dishes 

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Specific Research Question: Do fantasy narratives help explain the origins of traditional food dishes in a culture?

Recalling a story that has been told to me orally by a German lady telling the origins of the Kaisermarrn food dish from my childhood.

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Broader research question: Can fantasy narratives help students learn better than realistic presentations?

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Broader research question: Can fantasy narratives help students learn better than realistic presentations?

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Students do not always have to have a realistic explanation for aspects of the real world. We can understand the real world with imaginary, fantasy explanations. It would leave more to the imagination and a bonus of making learning exciting.  
The Fantasy narrative is deeper and helps to make sense of phenomena of the real world. Examples of fantasy narrative include legends, folklore stories, and fairytales. They help explain geographical phenomena as an example, such as the reason for the formation of mountains shapes and the creation of lakes. Some fantasy narratives are used to explain animal feature explanations (another example is why the beaver got its’ flat tail in Indigenous storytelling). The example I have retold is a fantasy narrative that revolves around explaining traditional food dishes in German/Austrian culture. 
The fantasy narratives are linear in the story plot, including a beginning, middle, and end. Oftentimes they include characters who are faced with a problem and their journey leads to the solution. In the fantasy narrative around traditional food dishes, the end of the story is the explanation about the food or how the dish came to be. In some instances, such as the Kaiserschmarren the narrative also includes some sort of explanation of the word which further emphasizes the origin of the name's                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         meaning. 
Fantasy narratives are an effective learning tool not only for children, but for a broader audience. Telling fantasy stories can lead to excitement in learning by expanding the imagination of a person. For schools, universities and museums learning about culture through a fantasy narrative can help expand to a broader audience such as students with learning disabilities. It would create easier access to knowledge for all students to create better access to them through fantasy stories to connect to the emotions such as excitement. 