Mashed potatoes are mashed. Creamed potatoes are prepared with a cream sauce and are thinner than mashed potatoes... and creamier! It usually involves butter and heavy cream, or sometimes milk and flour. There are, of course, many different ways to prepare each, but they are texturally different. Whipped potatoes is another variation, and requires an electric mixer.
I would use 40 pounds.
A general guideline is to prepare about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of mashed potatoes per person for a side dish. For 50 people, this means you should make approximately 25 to 38 cups of mashed potatoes. If you want to ensure there's enough for everyone and some leftovers, aiming for around 30 to 40 cups would be ideal.
I would use 25 pounds of potato
25 pounds of potatos shoud be about right.
To serve mashed potatoes for 150 people at a serving size of 4 ounces each, you will need a total of 600 ounces (150 people x 4 ounces). Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, this amounts to 37.5 pounds of mashed potatoes needed. Generally, raw potatoes yield about 2 to 2.5 times their weight when cooked and mashed, so you would need approximately 15-20 pounds of raw potatoes to produce the required amount of mashed potatoes.
There are about 200 Calories in 6oz of good wood Mashed potatoes.
The number of boxes of instant mashed potatoes needed for 200 people depends on the serving size per person and the yield of each box. Typically, one box of instant mashed potatoes serves about 4-6 people. Therefore, for 200 people, you would need approximately 33 to 50 boxes, assuming each box serves 4-6 people. It's always a good idea to prepare a little extra, so rounding up to about 50 boxes would be wise.
It may sound excessive at first, but for 10 people, I would go ahead and peel and prepare the full ten pound bag of potatoes. Some of that ten pounds is water, and a little bit is peel, so you don't end up with 10 lbs of mashed potatoes. I routinely prepare that volume of potatoes, and what you end up with is a very large bowl full of potatoes, true, but that allows both for mashed potatoes for ten, but hopefully, seconds for those who want them.
There are 2.75 ounces in 80g of mashed potatoes. One ounce = 29 grams.
I would suggest one medium to large sized potato per person.
I would use that as 4-5 portions