PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF PUMPKIN SEED OIL IN GORIČKO: TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICESPROIZVODNJA IN UPORABA BUČNEGA OLJA NA GORIČKEM – TRADICIONALNE IN SODOBNE PRAKSE

Food is not only a component of the material world, but it also plays a vital role in economic, social, and symbolic practices. In the past, food production and consumption on the part of the Slovenian population strongly depended on regional origins and the local economy. Some such regional products include olive and pumpkin seed oils. Pumpkin seed oil has had a special role in the diet of the inhabitants of the Goricko region. Today it is an important factor in economic development as well as an expression of regional affiliation and local cuisine. The Styrian-Prekmurje pumpkin seed oil from the north-eastern part of Slovenia has been protected in the European Union with the Geographical Indication-PGI. *** Hrana ni le sestavina materialnega sveta, temvec ima pomembno vlogo tudi v gospodarskih, socialnih in simbolnih praksah. V preteklosti je bila proizvodnja in poraba hrane prebivalstva na Slovenskem mocno odvisna od regionalnega izvora in lokalnega gospodarstva. Med regionalne proizvode sodita tudi oljcno in bucno olje. Bucno olje je imelo v prehrani prebivalcev Gorickega posebno vlogo in je danes pomemben dejavnik gospodarskega razvoja, pa tudi izraz regionalne pripadnosti in lokalne kulinarike. Stajersko-prekmursko bucno olje iz severovzhodne Slovenije je v Evropski uniji zasciteno z geografsko oznacbo-PGI.