Spaghetti, salad, and bread sticks to serve 100 people?!

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Go to this website and look on the left at 'feeds 100'. I think you will find all the info you need to handle your reception. Congratulations, good luck, and have fun (and get some help!)

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Pasta
20 pounds spaghetti
20 jars spaghetti sauce
10-12 pounds hamburger
15 or 16 loafs of French bread
or 200 bread sticks
6 or 7 bottles parmesan cheese
3 or 4 containers of garlic powder

Salad:
13-14# salad mix
4 bottles Ranch salad dressing
4 bottles French salad dressing
4 bottles Italian salad dressing
2 Thousand Island salad dressing

I would recommend boiling pasta the night before, tossing with olive oil and storing in 5 gallons tubs over night. Then pour boiling water over it to reheat.

Personally I think lasagna is much easier to make for a crowd.
6 (48 oz.) jars spaghetti sauce
10 lb. Mozzarella cheese
6 lb. lasagna noodles
2 doz. eggs
1 (0.5 oz.) jar parsley
9 (24 oz.) ricotta
6 lb. ground beef
4 lb. mild Italian sausages, remove casings and crumble
1 large container Parmesan cheese
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Brown ground beef and Italian sausage together. Mix with spaghetti sauce; set aside. Mix ricotta, parsley, Parmesan cheese and eggs; set aside. Grate Mozzarella cheese(or buy pre-grated). Using long shallow pans, layer noodles, ricotta mixture, meat sauce and Mozzarella cheese in that order. Make a second layer and top with third layer of noodles. Spoon sauce over top and bake, covered with foil for about 1 hour 15 min at 350 degrees. Remove from oven about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes before slicing and serving. Should make 10 pans!

Occasionally cook for a soup kitchen.

First... Good luck! This is what I would use but after calculating the cost I went with catering

Feeding A Group

These amounts feed approximately 100 people:

2 gallons Applesauce
3 gallons String beans
2 gallons Baked beans
24 pounds Beets (cooked)
2 pounds Butter
12 Loaves of bread (1 lb loaf)
10 pounds Coleslaw cabbage
30 pounds Carrots (cooked)
2 gallons Peas
75 pounds Fried chicken
35 pounds Chicken a' la King
15 bunch Celery
1 pound Coffee (for 100 cups)
6 pounds Cranberries (raw) plus 6 lbs of sugar
6 cups Cocoa or hot chocolate
13 quarts Ice-cream -- bricks
14 quarts Ice-cream -- bulk
40 pounds Ham/beef/pork/veal roast.
30 pounds Meatballs
32 pounds Hambuger
35 pounds Pork chops
45 pounds Baked ham
14 heads Lettuce heads for salad
17 packages Jello (3 1/2 oz packets)
6 pounds Macaroni
1 gallon Pickles
35 pounds Raw potatoes (mashed)
4 gallons Punch -- (1/2c per person)
5 pounds Rice
2 quarts Salad dressing
3 pounds Cube sugar
1/2 pound Tea
65 pounds Turkey roast
25 pounds Weiners

i just ate that mmmmmmmmm