THE FIRST TEXT ON POTATOES IN THE ROMANIAN CULTURE: ÎNVĂȚĂTURĂ SAU POVĂȚUIRE PENTRU FACEREA PÂINII CEII DE OBȘTE (1818)
THE FIRST TEXT ON POTATOES IN THE ROMANIAN CULTURE: ÎNVĂȚĂTURĂ SAU POVĂȚUIRE PENTRU FACEREA PÂINII CEII DE OBȘTE (1818)

Summary/Abstract: The first text written in Romanian about the importance of the potatoes as a very nutritious food supplement was printed in 1818, in Iași. The text is very important for our old culture, because it reflects the changes in the economy of the period and highlights the cultural connections, the German original being translated into Romanian following a Greek intermediary translation. The various recipes with potatoes as the main ingredient are also important for the Romanian gastronomic literature at the beginning of the 19th century. The literary norm displayed by the text is that of the period, preserving several phonetical and morphological traits specific of old Romanian.

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