Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 09:27     Subject: How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
It will depend on the number of people and how much you expect them to have. Frankly, mashed potatoes at that scale are kind of boring. I would do Hasselback for something more exciting.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 08:51     Subject: How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
FWIW, I find Barefoot Contessa / Ina Garten's recipes assume HUGE portion sizes.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 06:10     Subject: Re:How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It really depends not just on the appetites of those being served, but also on how many other sides are being served. For a meal of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans, the recommendation of one pound of potatoes serving two people is reasonable. But on Thanksgiving, when you have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, vegetables, maybe macaroni and cheese, perhaps other potatoes (sweet potatoes), etc., and people anticipate having dessert, they can only take so much of each item. For 22 people, I’d fix 6 pounds of potatoes to mash.


Op here. I think 5 pounds would have been good and still provided a leftovers. We had a lot of other sides.


At 22 people you might get some that don't eat freshly whipped mashed potatoes and some that binge ignoring other sides. So for 22 people I'd do 6-7 large russets. Rate of eat is higher on fresh whipped pre serving to lower on any method of reheating. So for the 22 people I'd do 1/2 the day before and reheat and to please my known potato people first serve a fresh whipped.





Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 20:14     Subject: How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
I also consider whatever other carbs will be on the take. But roughly, I aim for one small potato per person, or one *large* one for two people.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 18:30     Subject: How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
I use 1-1.5 potatoes per person depending on how many other carbs I am serving.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2025 18:27     Subject: How many potatoes for mashed potatoes?
i usually make 5 lbs for 10ish people. there are always some left.