Quantity Cookery: Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers

Cost of one serving______ MEAT STEW ----------------------+---------+-------+--------+---------+---------- INGREDIENTS |AMOUNT |WEIGHT |CALORIES|UNIT COST|TOTAL COST ----------------------+---------+-------+--------+---------+---------- Meat, cubed | |20 lb. | | | Water |3 gal. | | | | Onions | |1/2 lb.| | | Carrots |1-1/4 qt.| | | | Potatoes |5 qt. | | | | Flour |3 c. | | | | Salt |1/2 c. | | | | ----------------------+---------+-------+--------+---------+---------- Cover the cubed meat with boiling water and cook just below the boiling point until tender. About one hour before serving time add the onions, carrots and salt. The potatoes may be added later, since they require less cooking. Mix the flour to a paste with water and thicken the stew after the vegetables are tender. Number of servings 96 Amount in one serving 3/4 c. Calories in one serving______ Cost of one serving______ RIB ROAST OF BEEF ----------------------+----------+------+--------+---------+---------- INGREDIENTS |AMOUNT |WEIGHT|CALORIES|UNIT COST|TOTAL COST ----------------------+----------+------+--------+---------+---------- Rib roast | |50 lb.| | | Salt |2/3 c. | | | | Water |1-1/2 to | | | | | 2 gal .| | | | Flour |3-4 c. | | | | ----------------------+----------+------+--------+---------+---------- Place the meat in a roasting pan and sear in a hot oven. When brown, add the salt and water and continue the roasting. Baste or turn as is necessary. Mix the flour to a paste with water and use in making the gravy. Number of servings 125 Amount in one serving 2/5 lb. Calories in one serving______ Cost of one serving______ SWISS STEAK ---------------------+----------+-------+--------+---------+---------- INGREDIENTS |AMOUNT |WEIGHT |CALORIES|UNIT COST|TOTAL COST ---------------------+----------+-------+--------+---------+---------- Round steak, 1 in. | | | | | thick | |20 lb. | | | Flour |2-1/2 c. | | | | Salt | 1/4 c. | | | | Water |1-1/2 gal.| | | | ---------------------+----------+-------+--------+---------+---------- Trim the steak. Mix the flour and salt and pound into the steak. Sear the steak in a pan on the top of the stove, put into a roasting pan, cover with water and cook slowly for from three to four hours. Number of servings 45 Amount in one serving 2/5 lb. Calories in one serving______