[Sca-cooks] Math time for feast Prep

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

cldyroz at aol.com wrote:
>I figure that 30 lbs of lamb will feed 120 people at 1/4 lb a 
>person. (Sam's has a sale)

I'd buy 30 lb. to feed about 80. Meat reduces when it cooks. You're 
thinking about the raw 1/4 lb. weight. You should be buying the 
amount that will result in 1/4 lb. cooked per person.
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Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
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