LTKristijono Donelaičio poema Metai per pastaruosius kelis šimtus metų buvo nagrinėjama įvairiais aspektais. Šiame straipsnyje kūrinys analizuojamas kaip regiono gastronomijos istorijos šaltinis. Tyrimo tikslas yra atskleisti poemoje aptinkamų gastronominių elementų komunikacines reikšmes XVIII a. Europos kultūros kontekste. Tyrimo teorinė pozicija yra orientuota ne tiek į „išgyvenimo istorijų“ (mitybiniai asmens poreikiai, ekonominė maisto gamybos statistika ir pan.), kiek į laikotarpio „skonio pajautimų“ (maisto ir valgymo kaip kultūros reiškinio tyrimus). [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Donelaitis, Kristijonas; Gastronomijos istorija; Gastronominė kultūra; Kristijionas Donelaitis; Kulinarinė kultūra; Maistas; Mažoji Lietuva; Metai; Other; Virtuvė; Cuisine; Donelaitis, Kristijonas; Food; Food culture; Gastronomic culture; History of gastronomy; Kitchen; Kristijonas Donelaitis; Lithuania Minor; Other; The Seasons.
ENThe poem The Seasons (Metai) by Kristijonas Donelaitis has been analysed in various contexts during the last several centuries. Gastronomic culture research is not an exception. Probably the first publication, in which everyday life described in the poem was discussed in the ethnographic context, appeared in 1965. More recently, Dainora Pociūtė-Abukevičienė explored the topic of food in The Seasons in the context of meanings of Protestant culture. This paper presents a research that views Donelaitis’s The Seasons as a source of the gastronomic history of the region. The aim of the research is to analyse the elements of gastronomic culture present in Donelaitis’s The Seasons and to place them into the European context. The methodological approach of the research is oriented not to the “story of survival” (this approach sees gastronomic culture as human nutritional needs, economic statistics of food processing, etc.), but to “feeling the taste” of the era (exploring eating as a cultural phenomenon). Therefore, the aim is not only to present statistical data or examine what possibilities of survival peasants had in the 18th century, but also to take a look at the kitchens, bowls and plates of the characters and the cultural meanings of their content. [From the publication]