Big enough?

[duckers26]

I'm cooking beef for eight on boxing day and the butcher suggest 2 forerib. Is this big enough? It doesn't sound very large but he was sure.

[LooneyTunes]

I'd get a triple for that number. In any event, beef sarnies the next day is better than hungry guests.

[Bullett]

Sounds tight for 8.

I've ordered my 2 rib for 4 adults and 2 kids(3yo probably won't have any and 18mnonth old will eat it raw). There will be plenty but not enough for double the adults. My butcher said a 2 rib is about 4.5kg.

[duckers26]

zygalski said:

2 fore rib for a generous amount for 4.
2 for 8 is extremely tight as the total weight inc bone will probably only be 6lb or so before cooking.

I think I'm going to call and increase to three. It didn't seem very much but he insisted it was enough for eight servings!

[zygalski]

You need to find the weight, as the joints do vary quite a lot.
2 ribs might be 3kg or 4.5 pre-cooked inc bone so it could feed between 4 to 6.
I reckon you need a 5 or 6 kg joint to feed 8 with ease. Usually that would be a 4 rib fore rib
When you carve you remove a fair bit of the total weight when you cut away the ribs & the bone at the base before you're left with the actual joint.

[21TonyK]

a decent double does six at most, got for 3 ribs and make sure you say "from the Sirloin end"!