We are having a birthday party for my son and expecting about 25 people to show, most of them adults. I want to serve lunch meat, ziti, meatballs, hot roast beef, with rolls of course, and deli salads. My question is, how much lunch meat to buy to serve our 25 guests?
2006-10-25 07:32:37 · 7 answers · asked by saratgoo 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
More specifically, I would like to know exactly how many pounds of lunch meat for a tray to serve 25 people? The tray would have american cheese, turkey, ham and roast beef.
2006-10-25 08:01:54 · update #1
With all that food? Just plan for 25 on each item. Some people will take seconds of one thing or another, or not eat another certain thing. I think there will be plenty of food to go around. You could plan for 30 servings, but I bet you'll have plenty of leftovers of some stuff. :)
Whoops, missed the lunch meat part, 2-4 oz. per person. I'd go light on that since you have a whole spread going on!
2006-10-25 07:42:03 · answer #1 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would buy 12 pounds of cold cuts. 3 lbs each of cole slaw, potato salad and macaroni salad. Italian bread sliced, rolls, crossants etc presliced. Make a salad with the works; radishes, cucumbers, olives, red onion, feta, diced pears. Different dressings. Have a tray of fruit sliced up. A few cakes and a cookie tray. Coffee and tea. Soda, water, and some mixed drinks, and beer.
2006-10-28 19:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should have 4 ounces of each item per person
the average plate weighs a pound which usually has 4 items on it
you could buy cannede ham and have it sliced by the deli
very very thin
You can also buy the large can of shredded chicken to make chicken salad
or you could boil a whole chicken
pull it apart to make chicken salad
2006-10-25 14:56:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go for about 8-10 pounds of meat because it seems as if you've got a variety of other foods to eat.
2006-10-25 14:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by Common_Sense2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a general guideline would be about 1/4 pound per person. some will eat more and some will eat less. you should have plenty with that estimate.
2006-10-25 14:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by rcsanandreas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of food. when you go shoping pretend that you are only serving 5 people. then get 5 times that!
2006-10-25 14:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Salem W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the goal is supposed to be preparing too much food so that at the end you beg people to bring some home
2006-10-25 14:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by joey2001@snet.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋