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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

lunch bags

I'll take that to go

A few of the more than 7,000 lunches being prepared over the Commencement period are lined up in neat rows prior to distribution. (Staff photo by Rose Lincoln)

Food facts

Prepared for Commencement 2001:

  • More than 26,000 chicken breasts

  • 2,950 pounds of pasta salad

  • 2,650 pounds of rice salad

  • More than 320 sheet pans of brownies baked in the Harvard Bakery

  • More than 1,000 cases of refreshments - 24,000 bottles of water/12,000 bottles of lemonade

  • 12,000 Harvard "H" Ice Cream

  • 2,200 portions of salmon

  • More than 52 flats (or 624 pints) of strawberries

  • More than 1,500 pounds of fruit salad

  • More than 6,600 miniature pastries

  • More than 18,000 chocolate chip cookies

  • 7,000 box/bag lunches prepared in two to three days

  • More than 3,000 chocolate-dipped strawberries

  • More than 1,000 hockey puck-shaped chocolates

  • More than 5,000 ice-cream novelties








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