I am formulating a new work based on preservation of comfort food in a tin can. The food represents a piece of memory, emotion, or occurrence that is so important that you wish to preserve by canning, with the possibility of revisiting the flavours in future.

I am crowdsourcing selectively at this stage, and if you are willing to contribute, please share a dish/food that you would like to eat, or preserve (to eat in future). Try to be as descriptive or pictorial as you can, especially on why it means so much to you.

Don’t fret about whether it can be squeezed into a tin can or not — it is hypothetical so just be free and authentic with your recollection. It doesn’t have to be cooked by your family or be something of the past. It can be an occasion when that dish was eaten with a special someone that you wish to preserve.