Serving 100 people? How much food?

by Recipe Help Center

Here is an idea on the amount of food for serving a crowd of about 100 people.

• 2 gallons Applesauce
• 3 gallons String beans
• 2 gallons Baked beans
• 24 pounds Beets (cooked)
• 2 pounds Butter
• 12 Loaves of bread (1 pound loaves)
• 10 pounds Coleslaw cabbage
• 30 pounds Carrots (cooked)
• 2 gallons Peas
• 75 pounds Fried chicken
• 35 pounds Chicken a' la King
• 15 bunches Celery
• 1 pound Coffee (for 100 cups)
• 6 pound Cranberries (raw) AND 6 lbs of sugar.
• 6 cups Cocoa or hot chocolate
• 13 quarts Ice-cream, bricks
• 14 quarts Ice-cream, bulk
• 40 pounds Ham/beef/pork/veal roast.
• 30 pounds Meatballs
• 32 pounds Hambuger
• 35 pounds Pork chops
• 45 pounds Baked ham
• 14 bunches Lettuce heads for salad
• 17 packages Jello (3 1/2 oz packets)
• 6 pounds Macaroni
• 1 gallons Pickles
• 35 pounds Raw potatoes (mashed)
• 4 gallons Punch, (1/2c per person)
• 5 pounds Rice
• 2 quarts Salad dressing
• 3 pounds Cube sugar
• 1/2 pound Tea
• 65 pounds Turkey roast
• 25 pounds Weiners

These individual items will serve 100 people. So if you are entertaining hopes this helps out.