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WELCOME TO THE FOOD BUYING GUIDE

WELCOME TO THE FOOD BUYING GUIDE
Recipe Name: Porcupine Sliders
Recipe Number: Sandwiches F-10r
Servings per Recipe: 50
Serving Size: 1 slider
Worksheet columns:
(a) Ingredients
(b) Quantity of ingredient
(c) Preparation Yield, Column 6 in FBG
(d) Calculated Quantity to Purchase, column (b) divided by column (c)
(e) Servings per Purchase Unit, Column 3 in FBG
(f) Total Ounces, column (b) multiplied by column (e) or column (d) multiplied by column (e)
(g) Ounce Equivalent Meats/Meat Alternate per Serving, column (f) divided by Servings per Recipe
Column (a) value - Raw ground turkey, lean
Column (b) value - 6.96875 (6 lb plus (15.5 oz divided by 16 oz per lb) equals 6.96875)
Column (a) value - Liquid, whole egg
Column (b) value - 1.33330 (1. Per column of the FBG, 1 lb frozen eggs equals about 1-7/8 cups (or 1.875 cups in decimal form). 2. 2-1/2 cups (or 2.5 in decimal form) liquid whole egg - equals how many lbs? 3. 2.5 cups divided by 1.875 cups per lb equals 1.3333 lbs liquid, whole egg)
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