Fourteenth–fifteenth century food refuse from the kitchen of the Esztergom archbishopric shows a significant diachronic increase in cyprinid bones, in particular those of carp. Meanwhile, contributions by large acipenserids and carnivorous species (catfish/wels, pike, percids) declined. Contemporaneous account books indirectly suggest that the archbishop’s kitchen must have increasingly relied on farmed carp fish. Sturgeons were a commodity sold by the archbishopric but rarely consumed. Expensive pikes were bought at low prices for the archbishop, possibly related to the small size of individuals found in the deposits. The poor representation of high-status fish is consonant with the scarcity of bones from large game in an assemblage dominated by domesticates. Wild game is represented by brown hare, partridge, and a variety of thrushes. These finds confirm that the foodways in the archbishop’s palace were more modest than expected on the basis of its social status. Increasing contributions by cyprinids and sterlet to the assemblage also coincide with the high relative frequency of their recipes in a sixteenth century cookbook.

来自 Esztergom 大主教区厨房的 14 至 15 世纪食物垃圾表明，鲤科鱼类的骨骼历时性显着增加，尤其是鲤科鱼类的骨骼。与此同时，大型 acipenserids 和食肉物种（鲶鱼/韦尔鱼、梭鱼、鲈鱼）的贡献下降。同时代的账簿间接表明大主教的厨房一定越来越依赖养殖鲤鱼。鲟鱼是大主教出售的商品，但很少食用。为大主教以低价购买了昂贵的长矛，这可能与矿藏中发现的个体较小有关。在以驯养动物为主的群体中，大型猎物的骨骼稀缺与高地位鱼类的代表性较差相吻合。野味以棕兔、鹧鸪和各种画眉为代表。这些发现证实，根据其社会地位，大主教宫殿中的食堂比预期的要朴素。cyprinids 和 sterlet 对组合的贡献越来越大，这也与它们在 16 世纪食谱中的高相对频率相吻合。