{"id":8,"date":"2026-10-11T03:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/how-much-meat-to-order-for-a-holiday-roast\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:47:56","slug":"how-much-meat-to-order-for-a-holiday-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/how-much-meat-to-order-for-a-holiday-roast\/","title":{"rendered":"How much meat to order for a holiday roast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easiest way to order a holiday roast is to tell your butcher how many people you are feeding and whether you want leftovers. If you like to plan ahead, these rules of thumb are a good starting point. Weights are before cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bone-in rib roast:<\/strong> one rib feeds about two people, or allow 350\u2013450 g (\u00be\u20131 lb) per person.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Boneless roast<\/strong> (sirloin, rolled rib, leg of lamb off the bone): about 225\u2013250 g (\u00bd lb) per person.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Whole turkey:<\/strong> about 450\u2013700 g (1\u20131\u00bd lb) per person; the bigger figure leaves you some leftovers.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Bone-in ham:<\/strong> about 350\u2013450 g (\u00be\u20131 lb) per person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Order early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best sizes go first in December. Order a week or two ahead, give a collection day close to the meal, and ask the butcher to tie, chine or bone the roast for you so it is ready to go in the oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bring the roast out of the fridge a little before cooking, and plan time for it to rest before you carve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell the butcher how many are coming and whether you want leftovers. These rules of thumb get you close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-carvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}