Hrana u Zborniku za narodni život i običaje južnih Slavena
Food as Subject in Zbornik za narodni život i običaje

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this contribution is to give an introductory survey of how the subject of food is treated in Zbornik za narodni život i običaje. The subject appeared already in the first issue of Zbornik in 1896, dealing with food and drinks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the next issue, in 1897, Radić published his Osnova for collecting and studying data on folk life. The part of his Osnova contained questions on food and cooking utensils. The ethnographic contributions in Zbornik which closely follow the Osnova predominated until 1917, and afterwards became more rare. Descriptions of food were written by priests, teachers and peasants, mostly in dialect. They included Slavonia (Otok, Gradište and Varoš), Posavina (Trebarjevo), Gorski Kotar (Šušnjevo selo, Čakovec), Jaskansko Prigorje, Vrbnik on the island of Krk, Poljice and Lobor (Croatian Zagorje). Locations outside Croatia are little represented, but food is described in Kralje near Bihać and Visoko (Bosnia), Zaplanje (Serbia) and Riječka nahija (Montenegro). The author retells the description of food from Lobor which at the time of recording (1915) belonged to the županija of Varaždin. Ivan Milčetić's account of the baptism of wine in Varaždin is also included.

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