SC - Pennsic feast
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Thu Jun 15 22:12:03 PDT 2000
Ras commented:
> King Richard II is said to have fed 10000 people daily. He employed 1000
> cooks and 300 servitors........
Ah, so we *could* serve all of Pennsic at a feast! And it would be
period! :-)
Of course, it is now thought that often the numbers given for medieval
armies were grossly overstated and exagerated. (and no Ras, I don't
have the sources available to quote). So maybe these feast numbers
are also.
- --
Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas stefan at texas.net
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org ****
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list