As is tradition, Dining Services hosted its annual Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 18 for students.
The meal was served in all dining centers on campus, which means a lot of Thanksgiving staples were prepared, including turkey and pumpkin pie.
Just how much food did the staff of Dining Services prep and cook? Check out the numbers below:
1,656 pounds of turkey
425 pounds of ham
400 pounds of sweet potatoes
380 pounds of yams (yes, there’s a difference)
830 pounds of potatoes
2,300 servings of green bean casserole
And, no holiday meal would be complete without decadent desserts:
34 Pumpkin pies with Whipped Cream
26 Pecan pie
32 additional pies, including French silk, cherry, peach and strawberry rhubarb
9 pans of bread pudding with vanilla sauce
540 Thanksgiving cookies
920 macaroons
150 pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
72 monster cookies
72 red velvet Cookies
16 pumpkin coffee cakes
6 cranberry bundt cakes
100 cinnamon rolls
200 pumpkin cupcakes
24 roll cakes
6 flavored cakes
62 cheesecakes of various flavors, including turtle cheesecake
