Foods Consumed by the Metropolitan Aristocracy During the 9th to 14th Centuries

Information about the food and nutrition of Bulgarian population is a different nature - local foreign written sources, travelogues, endowment documents, passionaries, images in miniature monumental paintings, archaeological finds others. Given raw material for its preparation, it falls into several groups plant, animal (from domestic animals hunting), fish, etc. The records data from excavations reveal clear distinction quality variety foods consumed by mass capital districts Tsarevets Trapezitsa, district at western foot Momina fortress, etc., those elite Royal Palace Patriarchate, closed complexes some most significant metropolitan monasteries. Our on practices based findings artefacts such as extensive dining rooms, luxurious plates sgraffito dishes, bone remains pike, large specimens wild carp, lambs, young animals, hunting trophies,