17세기 한글 음식조리서 『주찬방』의 서지와 내용 구성

Abstract

The cookery book entitled Juchanbang written in Hangul can be seen as a testimony of the Korean language as it was before mid-17th century. Since Juchanbang shows an earlier state of the Korean language than Eumsik dimibang, it can be considered as one of the oldest cookery books written in Hangul. Juchanbang constitutes an important resource material for research not only on Korean traditional cookery and food culture but also into the history of Korean language. Juchanbang is a revised and rebound version of the original book. The document attached to the cover suggests that the author of the cookbook had some links with the government office of Ganghwa Island under the Joseon Dynasty. Some cooking directions contain sentences that reveal the type of errors usually made when copying another book. Thus, it can be deduced that the author of Juchanbang had copied passages from earlier literature. The main characteristic of Juchanbang is its list of the recipes provided at the beginning of the book. The list contains 91 recipe names. With the addition of recipes without a name, the cookbook comprises a total of 104 recipes. Among those, two are written in Chinese characters, namely the ‘mortar pounding method’ (舂正式) and the ‘grinding method’ (作末式). These two cooking methods, which explain how to pound and grind grains, are particularly noteworthy in that they do not appear in any other cookery books.