Traditional and Modern Cooking Practices

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the most effective cooking practices, either traditional or modern cooking practices in the Province of Tarlac. The following concerns were looked into: traditional cooking practices in using equipment and methods in cooking meat, fish and vegetables and the modern cooking practices in using equipment and methods in cooking meat, fish and vegetables. The descriptive-correlational research design and two sets of questionnaires were utilized in the study. Questionnaires include the level of effectiveness of traditional and modern cooking practices questionnaire and the problems encountered of the respondents in traditional and modern cooking practices. The respondents of the study were 94 chefs or cooks, in Gerona, Tarlac. Weighted Mean and Pearson Moment Correlation were used to interpret the collected data.