Weight it.
I believe it takes about 4 potatoes to make the pound!
It takes about 4-5 pounds of potatoes to make 1 pound of potato chips. The main reason for this difference is that the potatoes lose water content during the frying process, resulting in a lower weight of the final product.
Potatoes come in many sizes, a pound could be anywhere from 2 -18 .
According to Wikipedia, it takes approximately 4 pounds to make 1 pound of potato chips
Potatoes come in different sizes, so I cannot guarantee that a specific number of potatoes will weigh two pounds, but on average, a red potato is about half a pound, so four of them would make two pounds.
25 pounds of potatos shoud be about right.
One bushel of summer squash weighs about 40 pounds. One bushel of pears weighs 50 pounds, and one bushel of Irish potatoes weighs 56 pounds.
Are they having other vegetables. If so, then about 18 pounds of potato.
About 5 pounds of mashed poatoes are needed for twenty people. ~in my opinion, five pounds of potatoes could feed ME!!!!!!!!........ but i LOve potatoes
The answer will vary with the size of the potato. 4 to 5 medium potatoes would equal about 1 pound. One medium potato is equal to about 1/2 cup, so one pound of potatoes would be equal to about 2 cups of mashe potatoes.
It depends it might be 4-6 sweet potato because it depends on size.
Well, darling, if you're making candied sweet potatoes for 70 people, you'll need roughly 35 pounds of sweet potatoes. That's about half a pound per person, assuming they all want a decent serving. So, get those taters ready and make sure you have plenty of brown sugar and marshmallows to go around!