re: How many pounds?

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Remember you just need to feed everyone not all a person can eat.

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Tell that to teenage boys

Little kids don't eat but a couple pounds, if that, but teenage boys can eat 15-20 lbs. each, especially if there's several of them and they get to wanting to show off against each other like it's a competition. And most of the time, all they eat are the crawfish and leave the corn, potatoes, sausage and whatever else you toss in the boil sitting on the table.

Once a year when my father-in-law was alive we'd do a boil and there'd be at least 30 people at his place. We'd figure 5 lbs. per person and never had any left over by days end. At the time there were 7 teenage boys in the group, only 3-4 little kids and the rest adults from 25-70 years old.