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ELLEN'S KITCHEN
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Wedding for 432
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Karla
02/09/11
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I am catering a wedding for 432 people. They are having ham,swedish meatballs,mashed potatoes,corn,ramen noodle coleslaw and romme grot! We need enough ham to make sandwiches later on in the night. These are the amounts I am estimating, could you check it out for me, please!!
ham-175lbs
meatballs-175lbs
potatoes-170lbs peeled
gravy-????
coleslaw-12 gallons
corn-???
It is buffet, selfserve.
Thanks Ellen!!
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ellen
02/10/11
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See the planning and shopping for large community dinners for help with the gravy and corn. You will need 8 serving lines and at least 6 cooks and 25 servers to set up, serve and clean up this meal.
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karla
02/10/11
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the other amounts look fine? The ham is bone-in should I add more?
10 gallons of gravy
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ellen
02/12/11
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Yes, the other amounts look fine, and you will probably have meats left over, even bone in. But that is a flood of gravy- at 1/3 cup per person, I think you need about 4 gallons- check our math.
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karla
02/22/11
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We are planning sandwiches later on during the dance. How many dozen would you suggest doing? Your gravy math is great!!
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ellen
02/23/11
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1 regular sandwich, cut into 2-3 pieces per person, plus 10%, assuming other snacks
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