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03-29-2006, 06:09 PM
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 Potato Salad How many pounds of potatoes should I purchase to make potato salad for approximately 75 - 80 people? I have my recipe, I just need a quantity. Thanks for any help!      |
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03-29-2006, 07:12 PM
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03-30-2006, 03:02 AM
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| hi, fun shall it be to be a chef Quote:
Do you serve a sit down 3 course menu or a buffet. If a buffet how many more dishes beside the potato salad. Based on that we as Chefs will only know how many Grams per person to serve and it would not matter if you serve 1000 guests. regards |
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04-03-2006, 10:13 PM
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| Personally I would go with 50 lbs of potatoes ap, but factors to keep in mind are that your yield percentage on potatoes is 80 percent. And whether you serving the salad as a side serving, or on a buffet .
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06-05-2006, 10:46 AM
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06-05-2006, 04:47 PM
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| 5.5-6 oz per person if it is the only starch being served or approx. 30 lbs of potatoes....if there is other starch, then approx. 4.5-5 oz per person or approx. 25 lbs of potatoes. |
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06-05-2006, 08:30 PM
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| As many have stated, it really depends on what else you are serving. Is this the only side? How many meat offerings? Buns with the meats or not? If this is being offered along with other salads-sides, then 4oz per person is plenty. That is 4 oz, by weight of salad, not potatoes. So you need to do some figuring. Are the potatoes being peeled or left skin on? How much stuff are you adding to the potatoes? For 80 people 4oz of salad would equal 20 pounds, so I usually would use 17-18 pounds of potatoes, peeled or 15-17 pounds unpeeled.
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06-11-2006, 02:27 PM
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| I did a 50# case for a group of 155 big eaters and I had just the right amount. |
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