Cooking for a Crowd

Beverages	50 servings	Size of Serving
Coffee, regular	1 to 1 1/4 lb.	3/4 cup
Cream for coffee	1 1/4 qt.	1 1/2 tablespoon
Frozen fruit-juice concentrate	9- 6 oz. cans	1/2 cup
Fruit or tomato juice, canned	4- 46 oz. cans	1/2 cup
Lemon, for tea	5 large	1 thin slice
Tea	1/4 lb.	3/4 cup
Sugar, lump	1 1/8 lb.	2 lumps
Lemonade, concentrate, frozen	13- 6 oz. cans	1 cup
Punch	2 gallons	2/3 cup

Vegetables
Any canned vegetable	14 - No. 303 or 11 No. 2 cans	1/2 cup
Asparagus, canned	11 No. 2 cans	4 to 6 spears
Asparagus, fresh	20 lb.	4 to 5 stalks
Cabbage	7 heads	1/8 head
Cauliflower (flowerets only)	15 lb.	1/4 lb.
Corn on cob	50 ears	1 ear
Frozen French fries	16 - 9 oz pkg.	About 3 oz.
Frozen vegetables	13 to 17 pkg. (10-12 oz.)	About 1.2 cup
Green or wax beans	12 1/2 lb.	1/4 lb.
Onions, for creaming	15 lb.	1/2 cup (3 or 4)
Potatoes, boiled	20 lb.	1 medium
Potatoes, for creaming	12 1/2 to 15 lb.	1/2 cup
Potatoes, hash browned	18 lb.	1/2 cup
Potatoes, mashed	25 lb.	1/2 cup
Potatoes, to scallop	12 1/2 lb.	1/2 cup
Potatoes, sweet	25 lb.	1 potato
Tomatoes, baked	16 lb.	1 medium
Meat, Poultry, Fish
Bacon	6 lb.	2 slices
Beef, rolled rib roast	25 lb *	5 1/2 oz cooked boneless meat
Beef, standing rib roast	35 lb *	5 1/2 oz cooked boneless meat
Chicken, to roast	35 to 40 lb. **	3/4 lb.
Chicken, stewing for a la King, salad, etc.	20 to 25 lb. **	3/4 lb.
Fish fillets, frozen	13- 1 lb. pkg.	1/4 lb.
Ham, canned, boned	1 - 14 lb. can	1/4 lb.
Ham, bone in, to bake	22 to 25 lb.	1/8 lb.
Hamburgers	12 1/2 to 15 lb.	4 to 5 oz.
Lamb, leg to roast	25 lb.	1/2 lb.
Meat, chopped, for loaf	12 lb.	1/4 lb. meat
Pork Chops (3 to 1 lb.)	17 lb.	3/4 lb. chop
Pork, loin to roast	25 lb.	1/2 lb.
Sausage, bulk or links	12 1/2 lb.	4 oz.
Turkey, cut-up, cooked	16 lb. **
Turkey, to roast	35 to 40 lb. **	1/2 to 2/3 lb.
Sandwiches
Beef, roast, sliced	4 lb. 12 oz.	1 slice
Bread, sandwich	2 - 3 lb. loaves	2 slices
Ham, baked, sliced	4 lb. 12 oz.	1 slice
Swiss cheese, sliced	3 lb. 2 oz.	1 slice
Relishes, Salad
Cabbage, for slaw	12 to 15 lb.	1/3 cup
Chicken salad	6 1/4 qt.	1/2 cup
Cranberry sauce	6 - 1 lb. cans	1/2" slice
French dressing	1 1/2 qt.	2 tablespoons
Fruit salad	9 qt.	3/4 cup
Lettuce, for lettuce hearts	12 medium heads	1/5 head
Lettuce leaf, for salad	6 heads	2 or 3 leaves
Mayonnaise, or salad dressing	1 qt.	1 tablespoon
Pears, for salad	7 - No. 2 1/2 cans	1 pear half
Potato salad	6 1/4 qt.	1/2 cup
Salmon, for salad	8 - No. 1 tall cans	1/3 cup salad
Tuna. for salad	16 cans ***	1/3 cup salad
Tomatoes, salad	30 medium	3 slices
Miscellaneous
Apples, cooking, for sauce	25 lb.	1/2 cup
Applesauce	14- No. 2 cans	1/2 cup
Bread	5- 1 lb. loaves	1 1/2" slices
Cling Peaches	7 - No. 2 1/2 cans	1 peach half
Butter or Margarine	1 to 1 1/4 lb.	1 pat, 1/2" thick
Crackers	1 lb.	2 crackers
Cream, heavy to top desserts	1 qt.	1 tablespoon whipped
Fruits, frozen, to top ice cream	13 to 17 pkg. (10-12 oz.)	1/4 to 1/3 cup
Ice cream, brick or bulk	2 to 2 1/2 gallon	1 slice or large scoop
Noodles	8 - 6 oz. pkg.	1/2 cup
Pies	9 pies	1/6 pie
Rice, packaged precooked	6 - 15 oz. pkg.	3/4 cup
Rolls, or biscuits	6 1/2 dozen	1 1/2
Soup, canned, condensed	20 cans	1 cup

Note: For 25 persons, divide indicated amount by 2. For 100 persons, multiply by 2.

* After boning
** Ready-to-cook weight.
*** Solid pack or chunk style.

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