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- Ankeny, IA
A co-worker's daughter is having a party on Saturday. He is expecting 75 people at the party and asked how much food I thought he needed.
I explained that with 4oz sandwhichs (pulled pork), he was going to need about 20 lbs of cooked meat (actually 18.75 lbs).
He is also serving chips, cole slaw and potato salad.
I was thinking of helping him make the slaw and doctor up some Reser's Red Potato salad. I was thinking that you can buy 3 lbs bags of cole slaw cabbage at Sam's. I was thinking that 2 of those bags (6 lbs total) would fill a full pan. I was also thinking that 2 - 4 lb containers of potato salad would also fill a full pan.
Two full pans of cole slaw and and two full pans of potato salad sounds close but I was looking for some confirmation if he will have enough or if we need to make more.
I picked up a 3.25 oz ice cream scoop at Sam's and that looked like a good portion.
2 * 6 lbs of cole slaw * 16 oz per lb / 3.25 oz = 59 servings
2 * 8 lbs of potato salad * 16 oz per lb / 3.25 oz = 79 servings
Now I figure that not everyone will take that much of each. Could I get buy with 1.5 full pans?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I explained that with 4oz sandwhichs (pulled pork), he was going to need about 20 lbs of cooked meat (actually 18.75 lbs).
He is also serving chips, cole slaw and potato salad.
I was thinking of helping him make the slaw and doctor up some Reser's Red Potato salad. I was thinking that you can buy 3 lbs bags of cole slaw cabbage at Sam's. I was thinking that 2 of those bags (6 lbs total) would fill a full pan. I was also thinking that 2 - 4 lb containers of potato salad would also fill a full pan.
Two full pans of cole slaw and and two full pans of potato salad sounds close but I was looking for some confirmation if he will have enough or if we need to make more.
I picked up a 3.25 oz ice cream scoop at Sam's and that looked like a good portion.
2 * 6 lbs of cole slaw * 16 oz per lb / 3.25 oz = 59 servings
2 * 8 lbs of potato salad * 16 oz per lb / 3.25 oz = 79 servings
Now I figure that not everyone will take that much of each. Could I get buy with 1.5 full pans?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.