The housewives living in the rural area of Chunnam, Yosu were asked by using the questionaires about Korean traditional food habits. The results are obtained as follows: 43. l％ of the respondents were 50 to 59 years old, 38.1％ of them had primary school education and 57.5％ of them lived with husbands and children. 40.6% of them had 3∼4 family members. 30% of them earned 5 to 8 million won yearly; 99% of them liked boiled rice, especially plain boiled rice (63.1%) and mixed boiled rice (36.9%). The most liked food was Doenjangkuk (59.4%), Doenjangchigae (61.9%), Kimgui (30.1％), Pugochim (15.6％), Hobakchon (26.2%), Kongiaban (25.6%), Kongnamul (50.6%), Raw fish (23.7%); and They enjoyed Shirudock (16.9%) and Sickhae (60.6%) as dessert.