catastrophic cooking

[ROSARYCHAPLET]

i would like to know how much rice and beans i would need to cook for 25 people for one meal. this situation would be for people recuperating from major accidents, such as in haiti's field hospital. another option is mealie meals. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Leah]

http://www.recipezaar.com/Jagacida-Jag-Bea...4997?scaleto=25

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Most of my stuff is for either family amounts, or 50 and up.

Recipezaar lets you scale your recipes to exact servings.

[CrabGrassAcres]

http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blmisc54.htm

[UrbanFool]

My grandmother used to be the High School cook here, and I have her box of recipes. Unfortunately, we've moved YET AGAIN, and I haven't had my hands on that recipe box.

[Christy]

My grandmother used to be the High School cook here, and I have her box of recipes. Unfortunately, we've moved YET AGAIN, and I haven't had my hands on that recipe box.

Oh now, you´re just teasing us. Get unpacking Urban

[FunkyPioneer]

Well I normally cook for 8, so I would say just triple what I do and that will get you there. For beans and rice I cook 1 pound of beans and 1 pound of rice for our family and that is plenty(that equals about 3 cups dry I believe). So I could guess that 3 lbs of each would be plenty.

[Ambergris]

The younger children would eat more rice; the adults would need more beans. Rice is easy to digest, and very familiar so as to be comfort food. The adults would need more beans for the higher protein level. You might want to consider cornbread if that would be more familiar food for the locality in question. Young children will often starve themselves dangerously if confronted by too much uncertainty topped off with unfamiliar food.

[UrbanFool]

Oh now, you´re just teasing us. Get unpacking Urban

 

I did, too! Figured since I posted it, I'd better come up with it. I'll try again today --husband is home. I just finally got my bookcases up after not being able to find the supports, so I hate the idea of bringing more boxes in. LOL! I want those recipes though. I can cut them down and some are good comfort food.

[UrbanFool]

Sheesh man, I finally found my grandmother's recipe box! It ended up being in our storage unit --go figure. Well, at least now I can cook for a crowd.

[Insurance]

Urban, please post some recipes when you get a chance. )

[UrbanFool]

Well, there were no beans & rice recipes which is why I didn't post any recipes. I'll dig through it and see what goodness I can find.