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Margaret Suran > wrote:

> Well, I did mind. The table was set for eight. There was barely
> enough room for that many. There was no extra chopped liver, I had
> made it from the duck livers and there was just enough for eight
> portions. I had only the eight pieces of duckling, each just enough
> for one person, not enough for more. If everything had not been on
> plates, I might have been able to manage, but there was nothing I
> could do or say.

Things are becoming clearer: Is this the reason that when you entertain
10 people, you provide enough food for 35 "just in case"? "-)
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