SC - questions

[Par Leijonhufvud]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

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

Is a 1:10 ratio of cooks to guests reasonable? Sounds a bit high, but
with more labout intensive methods and a generous interpretation of who
is a cook, I suppose it is not totally unlikely.

/UlfR

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