Catering quantities
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Introduction
Here are some guidelines for the quantities of food that you will need to buy if you are doing the catering for a residential task.
These are only guidelines, so be guided by common sense and be prepared to ignore them if you have reason to. Please let me know if you find that any of the quantities are wildly out.
These quantities are based on an average weekend consisting of:
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2 x Breakfast
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2 x Lunch
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1 x Evening meal
Breakfasts and lunches
per person:
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Milk. 2/3 - 1 pt (Choose the higher figure if there's cereal for breakfast, the lower if it's porridge)
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Bread. 1/2 - 2/3 large loaf (Assuming 20 slices/loaf)
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Margarine. 50g
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Cheese. 100g (Assuming generous sandwiches)
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Pickle. 1 large jar per 10 people
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Peanut Butter. 2 large jars per10 people
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Jam. 1 jar per 10 people (The popularity of jam varies, but this is usually enough)
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Biscuits. 1/4 packet per day
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Fruit. 2 pieces Apples and oranges. Not bananas, which go squishy.)
Evening meal
per person guide. Round quantities UP.
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Pasta. 100g
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Rice. 50g
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Potatoes. 250g
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Cheese. 75g
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Other Vegetables. 250g
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Soup. 1/3 pint
Other things
Make sure there are enough of these...
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Tea
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Coffee
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Sugar
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Oil
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Butter
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Sugar
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Spices
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Bog-roll
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Washing-up-liquid
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Tea-Towels (who cleaned them last time?)
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Breakfast cereal
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Golden Syrup (if you're having porridge)
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