Needed Catering for a number is just as easy as for a small family, provided you will do a little advance arithmetic.
Taking, therefore, a basic unit of fifty, you can work up from that provisions for hundreds by simple multiplication.
It is always a good plan to organize your helpers in advance—one person for each urn and for the milk and sugar; one for each side of the table to hand the cups of tea round; and the same for the cakes.
Plates of bread and butter can placed at intervals on the tab!
Keep two people on the "boilers" to see that there is a plentiful supply of boiling water for replenishing the urns.
Here is a suggestion for a very satisfying tea, and the quantities of each item you will require.
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