spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Aug 16, 7:56 am, (Derek Lyons) wrote:
>
>> I've been asked to buy sufficient sliced deli meat for 50 people...
>> how much would that be?
>>
>
> What else will be served? Are these elderly ladies or teen boys? Will
> they have been doing any physical activity? Midwesterners or
> Californians? Will you be getting mostly lean meat like roast beef and
> turkey, or obviously fatty meat like salami? Better to order too much
> than not enough but do you have a use for the rest?
>
> One problem is that the more meat people see, the more they will take.
> But if they see plenty of other food, they will take less. If there
> will be salads, chips, desserts, etc., I would get eight to ten
> pounds.
>

Ten pounds might do it; that's about 3 ounces per person. But if they
are all football players or oilfield workers they will eat 2 or 3 times
that. (and the Ladies' Bridge Club will probably eat less.)

Don't set it all out at once.

Bob