SC - A Soup for the Qan....revisited once again

[margali]

In a message dated 6/15/00 2:00:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
CBlackwill at aol.com writes:

<< Again, I believe the "preparations" mentioned in Du Fait were not for an 
 actual feast, but for a "worst (or best) case scenario".  I believe it was 
to 
 be used solely as a model if the cook _ever_ had to prepare for a feast that 
 large.
 
 I may be wrong. >>

King Richard II is said to have fed 10000 people daily. He employed 1000 
cooks and 300 servitors........

Ras