You invited friends to a party or you organize a formal dinner party for colleagues of the husband and to you it is important not only that all left full and happy, but also that the cooked food wasn't gone in vain. Organizers of banquets and holidays developed an algorithm long ago how to calculate quantity of necessary products.
It is required to you
- Sheet of paper and handle
- Calculator
- Book of recipes
Instruction
1. Learn from invited what dishes and drinks they prefer. Make the menu, avoiding delicacies which are loved only by some of your guests.
2. Estimate how many people are invited also what is the time will last your party. If you expect to serve only snack, increase party duration by the number of guests and by eight. For example, to you 20 people are invited and you assume that your party will last no more than 4 hours. Means to you not less than 640 snack (8х4х20) are required, in total. Being verified with the menu, divide this figure into the total number of snack which you plan to serve. We will assume, you are going to prepare two batches of snack pies, small baskets with salad and three types of sandwiches, therefore, each name you need not for exchange 107 pieces. Now take recipes and increase quantity of products on each of them so that at the exit you had 107 products. Make the list of necessary products, grouping in categories. So, for example, a desi for sandwiches and pies doesn't need to be written five times, and just it is necessary to put and receive total amount of oil necessary for you. If you have a solemn lunch, then snack it is required exactly twice less.
3. Now let's consider how many products are required for hot dishes. Calculate total number of meat or fish products so that in finished form from 180 to 240 grams were the share of the person. If you give on hot paste as the main course, then it has to be 240 grams on the person, but if you plan it as a garnish, then count no more than 100 grams on the person. If you cook risotto or a paella, consider 180 grams on the guest if you serve rice as a garnish, count 50 grams on a portion. Serve with 120 grams of vegetables, 250 grams of potatoes and 60 grams of haricot on the person. For leaf lettuces the norm on 30 grams affects the person, without sauce. For desserts prepare not less than 100 grams of ice cream and on a piece of pie, cake or cake. Repeat the same procedure, as with snack - being guided by the portions calculated by you, make the list of products for the dishes planned by you.
4. Now it was necessary to find out how many liters of various drinks can be necessary for you. For soft drinks there is a norm 4 liters on 10 people of guests. Alcoholic beverages count as well as snack, depending on the estimated duration of a party. So, we multiply 20 people of guests for 4 hours, and now as it, after all, alcohol, we will multiply on 2, but not by 8 and we receive 160 portions of alcohol. If this wine or cocktail, one portion it is equal to 100 milliliters if it is about hard alcoholic drinks, in every portion of 30 grams.