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Danilo Rojko

Rolling Pin

Sweet

Material:
Beechwood
Description:

Turned rolling pin for dough. 

Size:
The length of the pin is 48cm, the diameter up to 8cm.
Age:
60 years
Method of Acquisition:
2015
Item Owner, Age and Location:
Danilo Rojko
, 57,
Maribor
Date of Submission:
6. 1. 2021
Story:
The rolling pin reminds me of the sweet taste of my childhood, the smell of an apple roll or strudel, which my mother often prepared. I often watched her perform this ritual at the kitchen table as she painstakingly kneaded the dough. While the dough rested, she peeled the apples, grated them, sweetened them and sprinkled them with cinnamon. Then she rolled the dough and filled it with slightly squeezed apples, and I drank the remaining sweet juice with pleasure.
 

I vividly remember how the delightful aroma of apple strudel wafted through the house as it baked, and how eagerly I would ask my mother when it would finally be ready. My impatience would only be soothed when she served a warm slice of strudel straight from the oven.

 

This rolling pin represents more to me than just a kitchen tool; it connects me to cherished memories of my mother’s culinary creations and the warmth of our home, where the air was filled with the comforting scents of apples and cinnamon.

Color

Tastes appear in color systems as bipolar concepts, divided into opposites such as bitter-sweet, sour-salty and umami-kokumi. We associate sweet taste with the color orange, cyan blue with salty taste, green with sour, and magenta red with bitter. Shades of green are usually associated with growth, while yellow, orange and bright red indicate activity. On the other hand, dark red, magenta and purple symbolize slowing down, while passivity is expressed by various shades of blue.

 

dr. hc Vojko Pogačar, academic painter

Music

First, we chose musical instruments that illustrate different tastes: for the "salty" guitar (Astrid Kukovič), for the "bitter" piano (Sašo Vollmaier), for the "sour" harmonica (Dominik Cvitanič), for the "hot" violin (Andreja Klinc) and for the "sweet" flute (Asja Grauf).

 

Melodies were created spontaneously. The improvisations of the "bitter" melodies were low and legato, the "salty" were determined and articulate, the "sour" were high and dissonant, and the "sweet" were unison, slow and soft.

 

Asja Grauf, professor of flute

Movement

I experience salty as a mixture of all tastes. It awakens a pleasant, relaxed, unusual feeling in me. I associate this taste with long, emphasized and controlled body movements. Bitter is a taste that awakens confusion in me, because with each bite my body decides whether to approve of this taste or not. I associate with it fluid movement with various emphasized and accelerated movements. I can enjoy sweet for several hours a day. My body relaxes when I enjoy sweets for a long time, which cause a pleasant feeling of joy. I associate with sweet slow and easy movements. Sour usually ends quickly. Each bite causes a short shock in my body, and then disappears completely. I associate with sour taste abrupt, fast and uncontrolled movements. Hot is a taste that usually lasts a very long time. It awakens an unpleasant feeling in me that is hard to shake. These are long, strong movements and individual shorter, more intense ones that show evasion and discomfort.

 

Pina Batič, dancer

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF TASTE

An important task of modern museums is to connect the past with the present, to introduce innovative approaches for the education of new generations and to contribute to cultural and social development.

 

Read the personal stories of the individuals who contributed their items to the Museum of Taste.

 

At the same time, we invite you to join this project yourself and participate with your contributions.