"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> bworthey wrote:
>> Okay, may seem like a silly question, but here goes, basically I'm taking
>> my lasagna recipe and cooking it for 80 people. Now, I know what all and
>> what amounts go into cooking ONE pan, but of course I don't want to
>> cook/prepare things ONE pan at a time. So, here's my question....if I
>> brown all the meat that I would be using for say 10 pans of lasagna, how
>> do I know how much goes in each pan? I usually put ~1.5lbs of meat to
>> each pan. So if I've just cooked 15 lbs of meat, how do I then know how
>> much goes in each? This may be dumb too, 1.5lb raw is not goign to be
>> the same cooked, I would think, so I couldn't just way it, so any help???
>
> How big are those pans!? That just seems like a LOT of meat per pan to
> me...? You could also make them meatless and serve meatballs on the side
> to help simplify things.
> Otherwise, why not just cook it up and evenly portion it out? you know..
> measure how much you have and divide by desired number of pans of lasagna?

Hmm, I dunno. I usually use about 1 - 1 1/4 lbs. of bulk sweet sausage for
a 9"x13" pan. 1.5 lbs. would be "extra meaty", but I don't think
excessively so.

But, if the OP is seeking precision, weigh the meat after it's cooked and
drained and divide by 10, then weigh each portion. Me, I'd "eyeball" it.