Patterns of Daily and Specialty Food Consumption among Middle-aged Residents of Ganghwa

강화지역 중년 남.녀의 일상식과 특별식 섭취 실태 조사

The present study was conducted to survey the daily and speciality meals consumed by middle-aged residents of Gang-hwa. The data were analyzed by determining the frequencies at which daily and specialty meals were consumed with respect to the quantitative and qualitative data. The subjects mainly consumed Japgok-bap 28.6%, kong-bap 25.0%, ssal-bap 20.5%. The daily meals consumed included juk, 3 kinds; guksu 11 kinds; mandu, 2 kinds; tang and malgeon-guk, 37 kinds; doenjang-guk, 10 kinds; goum-guk, 13 kinds: naeng-buk, 4 kinds; jjigae, 23 kinds; jjim, 12 kinds; gui, 29 kinds; jeon 22 kinds; jijim, 3 kinds; namul, 33 kinds; saengchae, 6 kinds; japchae, 1 kind; jorim, 29 kinds; sun, 1 kind; bokkeum, 7 kinds; hoe, 2 kinds; ssam, 4 kinds; muchim, 5 kinds; jaban, 1 kind; jokpyun pyunyuk, 1 kind; bugak, 14 kinds; twigim, 1 kind; and muk, 4 kinds. The subjects prepared jangachi(272, 81%), jeot-gal (143, 42.6%), dried food (75, 24.4%), storage food (116, 36.1%), liquor (54, 16.1%), and tteok(162,48.2%) in their homes. There were 62 kinds of speciality food and 75 kinds of food inherited foods from the subject's mother or passed down from the husband's mother to daughter or daughter-in-law in Ganghwa. Therefore, we need to preserve and develop our traditional foods and our traditional cooking methods far our future generations.