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Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy

BACKGROUND: Research was carried out in the years 2002–2003 into food, flavouring and feed folk traditions of plants in the Tyrrhenian part of the Basilicata region (southern Italy). This area was colonized in ancient times by Greeks. Data was collected through field interviews, especially of farmer...

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Autores principales: Guarrera, Paolo Maria, Salerno, Giovanni, Caneva, Giulia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1592457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-37
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author Guarrera, Paolo Maria
Salerno, Giovanni
Caneva, Giulia
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description BACKGROUND: Research was carried out in the years 2002–2003 into food, flavouring and feed folk traditions of plants in the Tyrrhenian part of the Basilicata region (southern Italy). This area was colonized in ancient times by Greeks. Data was collected through field interviews, especially of farmers. METHODS: Field data were collected through structured interviews. The informants, numbered 49, belonged to families which had strong links with the traditional activities of the area. RESULTS: 61 taxa are cited, belonging to 26 botanical families, amongst which 44 used as food or flavouring and 22 for animal alimentation. Besides 7 taxa are involved in rituals especially connected with agriculture and plant growth. CONCLUSION: The preservation of some rituals especially concerning agricultural plants is noteworthy in the area, together with a certain degree of continuity in food uses. Knowledge and rediscovery of recipes in human and animal diet could represent an economic potential for the area.
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spelling pubmed-15924572006-10-07 Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy Guarrera, Paolo Maria Salerno, Giovanni Caneva, Giulia J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: Research was carried out in the years 2002–2003 into food, flavouring and feed folk traditions of plants in the Tyrrhenian part of the Basilicata region (southern Italy). This area was colonized in ancient times by Greeks. Data was collected through field interviews, especially of farmers. METHODS: Field data were collected through structured interviews. The informants, numbered 49, belonged to families which had strong links with the traditional activities of the area. RESULTS: 61 taxa are cited, belonging to 26 botanical families, amongst which 44 used as food or flavouring and 22 for animal alimentation. Besides 7 taxa are involved in rituals especially connected with agriculture and plant growth. CONCLUSION: The preservation of some rituals especially concerning agricultural plants is noteworthy in the area, together with a certain degree of continuity in food uses. Knowledge and rediscovery of recipes in human and animal diet could represent an economic potential for the area. BioMed Central 2006-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC1592457/ /pubmed/16959031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-37 Text en Copyright © 2006 Guarrera et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy
title_fullStr Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy
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title_short Food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the Tyrrhenian sector of Basilicata, Italy
title_sort food, flavouring and feed plant traditions in the tyrrhenian sector of basilicata, italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1592457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-37
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