FOOD CULTURE AS SCIENCE AND COOKING AS TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF IloCANO DISHES

FOOD CULTURE AS SCIENCE AND COOKING AS TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF IloCANO DISHES

Claude Lévi-Strauss “If there is no society without a language, nor is there any which does not cook in some manner at least some of its food”

RAW Roasted (-) (-) air water (+) (+) smoked boiled COOKED ROTTED The Culinary TriangleClaude Lévi-Strauss

*Language as medium for communication and relaying messages. *There are various knowledge and practices in food culture that makes Ilocano cuisine Ilocano. FOOD CULTURE as Science

TECHNOLOGY *Utensils, pots, stoves , etc as tools *Use of Fire *Processes and techniques such as in recipes are followed -gathering, preparing, serving COOKING as Technology

Preparing Pinakbet

LA UNION ILOCANO DISH

var. of pakbet A dish of mixed vegetables (eggplant, bittermelon, okra, lima beans, string beans): the vegetables are made to shrink, hence the name PINAKBET

: a dish that uses the bile of a goat or a cow as a main seasoning because it gives the bitter taste to the soup of the dish PINAPAITAN

Dinengdengwith pasayan (shrimps), sabunganay (banana heart) and saluyot (jute leaves). 1.a vegetable stew common among the Ilokanos 2.it is usually made of mixed vegetables, both leafy and fruit, with fish sauce, and broiled or fried fish, or dried shrimp, or stir fried meat for topping (and to enrich its taste) 3.cf. dinengdeng, inabraw, bulanglang DINENGDENG

Taiwanese culture -intricate -sophisticated -detailed EAT, DRINK, MAN, WOMAN

Doreen Fernandez (2000) would say: “Food consists not only of the ingredients, the cooking processes, and the dishes that result from these. It is also very importantly a social construct. Thus, the way it is served, the way it is used as language—its meanings, messages and implications—are a result of social process and are a social index, an expression of society.”

“Food ways are lifeways. Food is culture, shaped by people quite directly each time they make a food choice for themselves or their families. It expresses their thinking and their values…and taste. It is in effect very popular (people-created) culture, since they make the daily choices, cook the dishes, create occasions for the dishes, change the combinations and engineer new foods, build foods and practices into a national culture.” (Fernandez 2000, 64)

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FOOD CULTURE AS SCIENCE AND COOKING AS TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF IloCANO DISHES