SC - Appropriate notice?

[Phil Anderson]

Jadwiga writes:

> What do you all think of as appropriate notice (in other words, the
> autocrat comes to you and says, "I need you to do this meal in x weeks")

For a start, any steward asking me like that had better be on very 
friendly terms with me indeed, and be waving a bribe. I prefer to 
hear "I need a cook. Would you be interested?"

> for a) feasts; b) dayboards (does it matter whether it is winter or
> summer); c) breakfasts?

Asuming I'm not short of spare time and can find suitable assistants, 
a month for a feast and a week for a supper/light lunch would be 
plenty, though more time is always better. Breakfasts supplied by 
the event in this part of the world don't get more elaborate than 
porridge.

It helps that I don't have to expect more than 50-60 at a normal feast.

Edward Long-hair, Southron Gaard