Suunjapbang


Suunjapbang is a cookbook written by Kim Yu in about 1540, during the early period of the Joseon period of Korea.
Regarding its title, suun means dignified food culture, and japbang means various methods, so suunjapbang means ways of making food fit for a man of refined taste. Books one and two include a total of 121 recipes from Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, such as how to make alcoholic drinks. Suunjapbang consists of 25 pages, and its manuscript is written using Chinese characters. The second book is thought to have been added by Kim-yu's descendants. This book is considered to be an important document recording the food of that period in history.

Composition

In this book, there is a total of 121 recipes described. The front section seems to have been written by Kim-yu, and the latter part was written in a cursive hand presumed to have belonged to his descendants, so its recipes are divided into book one and two, as in the following:

Book One

Samhaeju, samoju, 2 kinds of byeokhyangju, manjeonhyangju, dugangju, childuju, 2 kinds of sogokju, gamhyangju, baekjaju, hodoju, sangshilju, 2 kinds of hailyakju, samilju, hailcheongju, 3 kinds of hailjeomju, jinmaeksoju, nokpaju, ililju, doinju, baekhwaju, yuhwaju, ihwajujogukbeop, 2 kinds of ihwaju, oduju, hamyangju, baekchulju, jeongyangju, shibilju, dongyangju, bogyeonggaju, donghaju, namgyeongju, jinsangju, byeoulju
How to make gori, goricho, sajeolcho, another byeongjeongcho, changpocho, moktongcho, 2 kinds of jeupjeo, jeupjang
Cheongyochimchaebeop, chimbaekchae, goundaegimchi, chimdongagujangbeop, 2 kinds of gwajeo, sugwajeo, nogwajeo, chijeo, nabjojeo
  • Sowing and Storage
How to store living eggplants; how to plant cucumber seeds, ginger, butterburs, oriental melon seeds, and yeongeum ; eoshikhaebeop ; how to store pears, radish kimchi, green onion kimchi, and dongchimi
Dongajeonggwa, how to make tofu, tarak, yeot, 3 kinds of jojangbeop, cheonggeunjang, gihwajang, jeonshi, bongnigunjeonshibang, deodoekjwaban, yukmyeon, and sujangbeop

Book Two