• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.331-337
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• 2011

Pork cutlets contains high amounts of fat and calories even though they are highly preferred among young consumers in Korea. We investigated the use of an oven cooking method using brown crumbs to replace the frying method for the preparation of pork cutlets. The average contents of fat and calories in oven cooked pork cutlets were reduced by 77.5% and 35.2% respectively, when compared to cutlets prepared using the frying method (p<0.05). These results demonstrate that pork cutlets prepared by oven cooking may be helpful to people who require dietary treatment. In a color experiment, the surface color of oven cooked pork cutlets showed no difference when brown crumbs were used (p>0.05). In an experiment for texture characteristics, the level of hardness for the oven cooked cutlets showed no difference from that of the fried cutlets (p>0.05), and the degree of batter separation also did not differ. The oven cooking method demonstrated a 65.6% improvement in pork cutlet production, and is therefore appropriate for a food service that must serve many customers in a limited time.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.3123-3129
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• 2011

Deep-frying pork cutlets contains high fat and calories and can cause obesity, even though it has a high preference among young consumers in Korea. In this study, we have investigated the use of oven cooking method and is studying quality characteristics of pork cutlets for the contribute to improving national health. For the replace the deep-frying method, the pork cutlet was using canola oil added brown crumbs and optimization the oven cooking time, temperature, relative humidity, fan speed. The fat content and calories of oven pork cutlet reduced by 55.4% and 28.6% respectively(P<0.05), when compared to frying method. In a color experiment, texture characteristics and separation ration of batter, oven pork cutlet has no difference(P>0.05), in a sensory characteristics, overall taste has no different (P>0.05) with frying pork cutlet. Therefore, if pork cutlet cooking by oven with optimized condition, without impoverishment of consumer's preference because of the taste similarity with frying pork cutlet and these results may be helpful to people who need dietary treatment.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.629-639
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• 2012

Jeon refers to a type of Korean cuisine used as a side dish, made with various ingredients such as meat, vegetables, or fish, mixed with flour batter and coated with egg batter and then pan-fried on both sides with oil so that heat spreads through them well. The aim of this study was to provide a cornerstone of further research on Korean dietary life, by reviewing types, recipes and names of Jeon recorded in ancient cookbooks (Korean literatures) and by analyzing changes in recipes to make Jeon, which our ancestors used wisely as one type of side dish. Considering developments and changes recorded in old documents, the Jeon recipe appeared relatively later than the recipes for grilling, steaming et al, which had been developed much earlier, and it had not been recorded until the 1600s. Changes of Jeon recipes by time period are as follows. In the 1600s, there were three recipes: frying only with grain batter after preparation of ingredients, frying right after preparation of ingredients, and putting ingredients on already fried watery batter. These three recipes were still used in the 1700s, in addition to a new recipe, in which ingredients were oil-fried to be skewered. Today's recipe in which prepared ingredients are fried after getting coated with flour and egg only appeared in 1800s. This has been the main recipe for Jeon ever since. In that time period, there was more variety of recipes and ingredients than before. For instance, Jeon was used for soup or steamed dishes instead of being served as a dish itself. Buchimgae with mixed ingredients was also considered Jeon. In the 1900s, there appeared more names for Jeon as more sorts of ingredients got used, even though there were no new recipes for Jeon. The above-mentioned historical records show that traditional recipes for Jeon have been applied to various dishes, using diverse ingredients, and it might be a smart solution to today's problematic dietary habits involving excessive intake of nutrients, in that it provides a healthy way to add fat. In the same sense, the recipe for Jeon can play an active role in internationalization of Korean foods, in which healthiness is a main feature. According to ancient documents, the recipes for Jeon were used even for meals that were not side dishes, such as Jun-Gwa (Jung-Gwa), Jun-Yak and fried rice-cake. Also, there were dishes using the same recipes even without carrying the name of Jeon, like Buchim or Jijim. This might be worthy of further examination in culinary science.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.618-624
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate changes of chlorophyll and carotene contents by cooking methods and parts of pumpkin(zucchini, green pumpkin, and sweet pumpkin). The hightest chlorophyll content of 3-parts(peel, cortex, and seed), all of pumpkin was peel part for chlorophyll contents by cooking methods of all kinds of pumpkin. It was the highest when cooked by non-batter frying. Carotene was relativity stable with cooking. But in case of sweet pumpkin, steaming cooking method was reduced carotene contents. β-carotene of zucchini, green pumpkin, and sweet pumpkin was higher than standard contents.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.767-773
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• 2014

In vitro antioxidative activities and antioxidants of the lotus root, dried laver, and perilla leaf bugak, Korean traditional fried cuisine, were evaluated. The bugak was prepared with fermented glutinous rice batter and unroasted sesame oil for use in the pan-frying. The perilla leaf bugak showed the highest radical scavenging activity and reducing power, with the lowest in the lotus root bugak. The antioxidative activity of the blanched lotus root was lower than the dried laver or the perilla leaf. Polyphenol content was higher in the perilla leaf bugak than the lotus root or the dried laver bugak, and tocopherols were mainly derived from frying oil. The antioxidative activity of bugak was correlated well with polyphenol contents, but there was no correlation between tocopherol contents and the antioxidative activity.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.333-340
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to develop functional lotus root bugak with plasma lipid reduction capacity by controlling the color of batter used for bugak preparation. Lotus root, nearly colorless, was selected to observe color effects. Gardeniae fructus (GF), Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten (OF), and green tea (GT), which are colored yellow, red, and green, respectively, were used as coloring agents. Fermented glutinous rice was prepared naturally during winter season by placing glutinous rice and water (1:2, w/w) together in a crock pot for 7 days. Coloring materials (10%, w/w) were blended with glue made from fermented glutinous rice flour to prepare the batter. Cooked lotus root was then mixed with a 1.1-fold amount of batter (w/w) and dried at room temperature. Lotus root bugak (LRB) is pan-fried with un-roasted sesame oil, which is traditionally used as frying oil in Korea. Low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout ($LDLr^{-/-}$) mice (n=36) were fed an atherogenic diet (AD) containing various types of LRB (10 g%) for 10 weeks. Plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, and LDL-C concentrations decreased significantly in mice fed LRB prepared with OF batter (OFB) and GT batter (GTB) (P<0.05). Protein expression levels of fatty acid synthase (FAS) and 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) in the OFB and GTB groups were suppressed compared with the LRB group (P<0.05). In accordance with the results on FAS and HMGCR expression, sterol regulatory element binding protein-I and II (SREBP-I and II), which are responsible for the regulation of FAS and HMGCR gene expression, respectively, were down-regulated compared to the LRB group (P<0.05). In conclusion, the plasma lipid reduction activities of OFB and GTB could be mediated through down-regulation of FAS and HMGCR mRNA expression via suppression of regulatory molecules, SREBP-I and II, in $LDLr^{-/-}$ mice.