Rice and Beans
Cristina
11/08/06 		I am having a party for my daughters Baptism celebration and would like to ask how many pounds of Rice and how many pounds of Pinto Beans do I need to cook to feed 150 people??
The party is Saturday. Help Me Please:-)
ellen
11/08/06 		I cook 7 pounds of raw rice for 100 people. There are great recipes for beans for 100 and rice for 100 in the Big Pots section. You can use any of them for quantity guidance.
Matt
01/04/07 		Cooking 1900 BBQ Chicken and Sausage plates. How many pounds of dry beans do I need if my serving size is 6oz? Same goes for Spanish rice. How many pounds of dry rice would I need with a #6 serving?
ellen
01/06/07 		8 pounds of uncooked rice or beans makes approximately 100 2/3 to 3/4 cups servings- I assume when you say 6 ounces, you mean volume, not weight. Depends a bit on the add-ins, of course, but this will give you a start.
Carmen Muriel
04/30/07 		Dear Ellen,
Thank you thank you thank you, your site was the only one that gave me information on how many lbs. of rice I needed to cook for 100 people.
Carmen
ellen
04/30/07 		Thanks, Carmen, that's what we're here for.
Christian
05/06/07 		Dear Ellen,

Im planning to make a home made soynut butter. Do I need to remove the skin of the soy beans before roasting? What is the easiest way to remove its skin? I tried boiling in them in water then soaking in cold water, but still I have to manually remove the skin one by one (very tedious work), and also, I can't make my soynut butter with the same texture and smoothness like of peanut butter.

Thanks =)

ellen
05/07/07 		Hi, Christian,
Unless you have a Champion type juice(which is more like a grinder) you are likely to bur up yur blender making soy butter. First soak until full size, then you can usually get the skins off. This is discussed in my article one making soy milk and tofu.
You are right to think the skins contribute to the texture, but you are unlikely to get preanut butter smoothness in your soy butter. Even some of the manufacturers can't achieve that.