The Development Local Food Recipes to Tourism Set Menus of Bang Krathum District , Phitsanulok Province.

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the local food wisdom and the development of local food recipes to tourism set menus of Bang Krathum district, Phitsanulok province by participatory action research. Research instruments are: 1) Participatory observation on the food preparation of each village. 2) In-depth interviews by 50 local food experts of each village with the age over 50 years old. After that, there was a focus group discussion with community to select local food types for each village and create savory and sweet dishes to welcome tourists. The research results show local foods using local seasonal ingredients. There are a variety of cooking methods based on local wisdom and pass on food wisdom from family through beliefs and rituals. Each village has the set menus for tourism contain 5 sets of savory, 5 sets of sweet. Each recipe combines beliefs and wisdom that are unique to each other in the selection process of various ingredients and cooking methods. The main ingredients of this savory recipe are pork, chicken and fish. It also contains chili paste and seasonal local vegetables in every meal. Sweet recipe, the main ingredient are banana namwa, glutinous rice flour and rice flour.