Cost per person $2.
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Sauer Kraut = 5 bucks ish. Maybe 1 buck per person.
2 sausages = maybe 2 bucks? Depends on the sausage.
Mashed potatoes = maybe 1 buck after you add in milk and butter per person.
You must have really small people for it to be $2 per person.
You buy the 2lb bag of kraut for $2.97 and only use half of it. You buy 2 pound Star's brand smoked sausage for $5.62 and use about a third of it. Potatoes were $2.48 for 5lb. I used about 1.5 pounds. Plus three tablespoons butter and a third of a cup of milk.
Feeding two people ((2.97/2)+(5.63/3)+(2.48/5*1.5)/2=$2.02 Add maybe 40 cents for milk and butter so I was off by maybe 22¢ per person for more than two pounds of food per person. I'm 6’2” so definitely not really small.