A Study on 'Tang', Traditional Soup Originated in Kyoung-Nam Province

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Currentry, the originality of traditional soups in Kyoung-Nam province is vanishing by the inflex of processed and instant food, food industrial development. Especially, such factors as the influence of alien cooked, the develoment of transportation, the movement of population have made it hard to preserve the traditionnal food preparations. The purpose of this thesis was to seek out the various kinds of Kyoung-Nam province soups preparation. To do this, about 60 kinds of soups recipe were reviewed and charactered into several categories. The findings of the study are as follows. 1) Soup is made by fish or shellfish, freshwater fish. Meat and fowls is rarely used in Kyoung-Nam province (coastal region). 2) Soups of inland area is made by most vegetables and these soup were always harmonized with soybean powder or perilla powder. 3) Various soup season with the mag-jang, mul-jang sauce, hab-ja-jang sauce. 4) These soups were in general to make much red pepper and much salt.