If you are making the potato salad, start with the potatoes. 25 pounds of potatoes will make moderate servings for 100.
40 pounds will make generous servings for 100, but can easily serve 120.
If the potato salad is pre-made, you will need 4 to 4 1/2 gallons to serve 100.
The normal serving is considered to be 4 ounces. 25 pounds would feed 100 people. If they are hungry you may want to go a bit more than that.
It takes about 5-6 potatoes to feed 4 people, so multiply that by 25.
14 gallons
I would give about 4 ounces each - about 38 pounds
That is 87.5 pounds
A serving being 4 oz. you should need 1200 oz for 300 people but considering there will be overeaters, you should probably bring 1400 to be sure to have enough.
Generally speaking, 5 lbs of potato salad will fee 30 people. 12 people would be a little over half of that, so around 2.5 lbs of potato salad.
Generally speaking, 5 lbs of potato salad will fee 30 people. 12 people would be a little over half of that, so around 2.5 lbs of potato salad.
I would make 40 pounds.
Just throw as much as you want in.
To start with, you should never be putting mustard or vinegar in potato salad!! Yuck!!
You should plan for about 1/2 cup per person. That make 250 cups which would be just under 16 gallons of potato salad.
Approximately 4.5 quarts in 5 pounds of potato salad, including hard-cooked eggs.
I would make 25 pounds of it.
I'm not a caterer or a home economist, but the suggested serving size is one-half cup (4 ounces) per serving). Three quarters of a cup (6 ounces) would be a little more generous, and one cup (8 ounces) would probably be too much unless you have a lot of hearty eaters.