[Sca-cooks] amounts of food per person

[Donna Green]

However, if part of what the people running the feast want to do is to demonstrate period carving methods ... as detailed in some of the period carving manuals ... then you want to serve a whole critter.

Juana Isabella
West
 
> Whole chickens are great for appearance or in specific
> whole chicken dishes, 
> but on a couple of occasions, I've been the only person at
> the table that 
> knew how to carve a whole chicken.  I also am of the
> opinion that thighs 
> provide the most meat for the least cost.
> 
> Bear