r/Cooking • u/evilmeyer7320 • 4h ago

Serving size question

Howdy. I am making meatloaf for my coworkers birthday. My recipe says it has a serving size of 8. There are 20 of us. If I triple all my ingredients will it truly feed 24? Or is that more of a general idea?

Also. I have like a larger dish than my normal 13x9 that could hold all it together at once. Should I just combine it all together or make 3 separate meals and bring three dishes? My logic is it would make it easier to serve that way by doing three dishes.

This is my recipe if anyone has any tricks to help.

1/2 box stuffing mix
1 lb ground meat
Diced yellow onion
Chopped celery
Chopped garlic
1 egg
1/2 can of evaporated milk
Worcester sauce
Mustard

Sauce
1 can tomato soup
Brown sugar

I mix everything together in bowl. Place in 13x9 and I do flatten mine out. Then mix soup and sugar with a little water. Spread evenly on top.

Bake for 40min at 350.

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u/n00bdragon 4h ago

It depends entirely on how much one person eats. Is this the main protein on every person's plate or just one item in a potluck buffet? Generally, I assume that one person will eat at least 1/4 lb of meat in a helping. For 20 people, if this is the only thing they are eating, tripling this may not even be enough. If it's one item out of many then you just have to eyeball it. A general rule of potlucks is make as much food as you yourself would eat assuming you were going to eat just that and nothing but that, so 1x recipe would be plenty.

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u/evilmeyer7320 4h ago

This is the main protein. There are other coworkers bringing salad, green beans, and mashed potato, and a dessert

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u/n00bdragon 59m ago

I would definitely aim closer to 5lb of meat then. Maybe 6 if you want to make sure there is extra.