If you're sizing a meal, how many ounces of meat (beef in this example, pot roast to be specific) do you estimate per adult?
I say 4 oz.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
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DavidS - Feb 17, 2013 3:56:09 pm PST #11712 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Amy - Feb 17, 2013 3:58:18 pm PST #11713 of 30001
Because books.
A nutritionist taught me that 3 oz. of meat should look roughly like a pack of playing cards. Which is probably enough, but a lot of adults are going to eat closer to 6-7 oz. at a meal. I'd go 4-5 per person as an average and expect some leftovers.
le nubian - Feb 17, 2013 4:01:15 pm PST #11714 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Maria,
welcome back! I had no idea you were away, but glad to know you had a decent enough time and are back.
Zenkitty - Feb 17, 2013 4:08:14 pm PST #11715 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Glad you're home safe, Maria, even if sick, and glad you're glad you went on the trip!
Zenkitty - Feb 17, 2013 4:12:49 pm PST #11716 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Just sitting down to watch Downton Abbey. Still thinking about my attic. Maybe I'll use that ladder improperly after all.
Liese S. - Feb 17, 2013 4:29:55 pm PST #11717 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
If it's any consolation, I use my ladder improperly for that very purpose and I have yet to have died tragically. However, I did once nearly kick it over while returning down. So.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2013 4:32:53 pm PST #11718 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does your sister prefer vague ideas or really specific recipes?
I think a fairly specific recipe would be best for her. I didn't get the impression she's made pesto before.
The recipe I used for this pot roast seems to assume at least eight ounces of beef per person. Even to someone who's not thinking about the weight of the serving, when the butcher hands you that parcel of meat, that's more than a small dinner party worth of cow. The recipe doesn't have to fill the slow cooker, fer crissakes.
sj - Feb 17, 2013 4:49:41 pm PST #11719 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Giada's pesto recipe from her first cookbook is a very good basic pesto recipe, but I can't find it online at the moment.
Liese S. - Feb 17, 2013 5:05:56 pm PST #11720 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha, I totally filled the slow cooker for my last salsa verde pork burrito bowls. It was four pounds of meat...for six people. Yeah, we had leftovers.
Tasty, tasty leftovers, so this was a no-lose scenario.
Unrelatedly, did we know that minuscule was spelled with two u's and not two i's? Because I didn't, apparently.
Jesse - Feb 17, 2013 5:39:45 pm PST #11721 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Recipes can be wack. I'm about to make one that includes three cans of beans and says it serves four. Yeah, no.
ION, Downtooooonnnnn.