Kırıkkale Yeme İçme Kültürü ve Değişimi Üzerine Bir Alan Araştırması (A Field Research on Eating and Drinking Culture of Kırıkkale and its Change)

Abstract

This study was planned to determine eating and drinking culture of Kırıkkale province and to reveal changes that have been occurring nowadays. The population of the research is comprised those, between ages of 50-80, who were born and raised in Kırıkkale and still reside in Kırıkkale. A semi-structured interview form, one of the pre-prepared qualitative data collection methods, was used in the collection of data. According to the results of research, it has been revealed that cookers and tools used during cooking, tools used during cooking and place where food was eaten have changed over time, all food groups consumed today is consumed in the region in past, while they were produced by the local people a lot more than it used to, nowadays they are purchased from the grocery store; the region-specific beverages consumed in the past have been replaced by ready-made drinks today. The local people cook and share special foods with their relatives on special such as it was in the past.