Veggie Table

Gourmet for the Masses

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                 Product    Count   Weight     Size    Units Use Notes
Apple (Red delicious) 88 40 #   Case Extra-fancy; eating apple
Artichoke 24 15 # large Case Stemmed - Stuffed
Avocado - Hass #1* 48 25 #   Case Store quality
Avocado - Hass #2 48     Case Tree scars - meat is fine

use for guacamole
Bag - empty orange, potato, apple, onion, etc.       Each Useful if you need them.  Not useful if you don't.
Banana - Dole #5/6† 100 40 # regular Case Ripe, ready to eat.  Use #4 if you must store for a day (not quite ripe)
Banana - Petite (#5/6)† 150 40 # small Case Ripe, ready to eat. Good for brown-bag lunch
Basil 12 bunch     Bag Pesto anyone
Broccoli 14 20 #   Case Great steamed - use the stalk for soup
Broccoli Florette   9 #   Case Pre cut.
Cabbage - Green 24   regular Carton Slaw - soups - steamed
Cabbage - Green jumbo 18   jumbo Carton X-large heads
Cabbage - Green Napa WGA   60-70 # regular "Big wooden crate" For full-scale feeding where large volumes will be required.
Cabbage - Red 24 50 # regular Carton Try Pickled
Cabbage shredded, dry Cole slaw   5 #   Package Add Cole-slaw dressing before serving. 
Cantaloupe 9 40 # jumbo Case Melon balls, diced for fruit salad, etc.
Cantaloupe 15 or 18 40 # regular Case Wedges
Carrot - clip-top, loose   50 # regular Case For cutting, slicing, dicing or other food preparation
Carrot - Jumbo # 1   50 # jumbo Case Presentation quality 
Carrot - Pre-cut 4" sticks   5 #   Bag Brown-bag, salad, appetizer, etc.
Cauliflower #1 12 28 # regular Case General use
Cauliflower florette   3 #   Bag Appetizers, etc.
Celery #1   38 #   Case General use
Celery precut - 4" sticks   5 #   Bag Brown-bag, appetizers, etc.
Celery precut - diced   5 #   Bag Salads
Chili - pic casta fiesta 12 26 oz cans     Case These are canned long green chiles used to make chile relleno
Chives 12 bunch       Great on Potatoes
Cilantro, Bunch 30     Case Seasoning
Corn, yellow, pre-husked 48 35 #   Case Boiling preferred
Cucumber 36-42 20 #   Case Slice for salads
Cucumber - select 80 40 #   Case  
Dill 12 bunch     Bag Soups, fish, garnish
Eggplant - Chinese   1 #     Great deep fried
Garlic - Bulk   1 # X Jumbo Bag Vampires delight
Garlic - peeled whole #1   3 #   Jar Retail-quality
Garlic - peeled whole #2   5#   Jar For crushing, grinding, or otherwise destroying; has spots/blemishes that don't affect taste.
Grape - Perlette or Thompson seedless - SNACPAC 150 - 180 22 #   Lug Pre-cut into bunches.  Good for brown-bag or snacks
Grape - Perlette or Thompson seedless (Green)   18 #   Case  
Grape - red seedless   18 #   Case  
Grapefruit - red California 32 38 #   Case Calif. good Florida best
Jicama 20-30 20 #   Case Great salad bar item
Kale - Green 24 10 #   Case Garnish
Kiwi 108 23 #   Case  
Leek 12 15 #   Case  
Lemon #1 165 38 #   Case Lemon wedges, slices, etc.  Presentation quality
Lemon, Choice 115,140 or 165 38 #   Case Blemished, not for presentation

tree scar - meat is fine
Lettuce - 1/8" Shredded   5 #   Bag Tacos
Lettuce - 3/8" Shredded   5 #   Bag Sandwich/Burger
Lettuce - Head # 1 24 45-60 #   Case Store quality
Lettuce - Precut salad mix   5 #   Bag w/ carrot and red cabbage
Lime - # 1 48 10 #   Case 200/25 count 40# case also avilable
Melon - Crenshaw 5-6 28 #   Case  
Melon - Honeydew 6 28 #   Case  
Mint 12 bunch 1½ #      
Mushroom - Campbell # 1   10 # Medium Case General purpose
Mushroom - Campbell # 1   10 # Large Case Stuffed mushrooms
Mushroom - Enoki   3½ oz   Cello-pak Packaged in 12 3.5 oz packs.  Used for garnish
Mushroom - Mature # 2   10 #   Case For Pizza or otherwise disguised.
Onion - Green 48 bunches 15 #   Case Salad, garnish, as required in recipes
Onion - Precut diced   5 #   Bag Tacos, hamburger, etc.
Onion - Red ??? 25 # Medium SK Salad, sandwich, gen. use
Onion - White ??? 50 # Jumbo SK General use
Onion - Whole, peeled ??? 5 #   Bag Expensive but convenient
Onion - Yellow ??? 50 # Medium   Least expensive
Orange - # 1 72 38 #   Case Retail quality
Orange - choice 88 38 #   Case Squeezing, wedges, etc.
Parsley 60 bunch 10 #   Case Garnish
Pear - D'Anjou 90 48 #   Case Must be stored 4-7 days at room temperature to ripen after purchase.
Pepper - Green bell, medium 80-90 28 #   Case  
Pepper - Green chopper, choice 100-120 28 #   Case Pizza
Pepper - Green precut diced   5 #   Bag Pizza - Order Ahead
Pepper - Red # 1 50 15 #     Retail quality
Pepper - Red & Green in strips 6 No. 10 Cans     Case Fajitas, salad, grilled sausage sandwiches on sourdough.  Note: seasoned fajita mix also be available if ordered ahead (5 # bag)
Pepper - Red choice 90 25 # /

15 #

   Case Must be chopped, diced or otherwise mutilated; blemished
Pickles - chips, sweet, 1/8" 2500 5 gallon   Tub Hamburgers
Pickles - Kosher (dill) 60-70 5 gallon   Tub  
Pickles - Kosher dill spear 240-280 5 gallon   Tub  
Popcorn - yellow   25 #   Bag Make sure janitorial staff approve.
Potato - Russet CNO

(Calif.-Nevada-Oregon)

 80 50 # (8-9 oz per potato)   Bag Your basic baking potato. 

 see notes on page 5
Potato - Russet Gold foil 80 50 #   Box Your basic baking potato all dressed up and ready for the oven.
Potato - Sliced green gardens   30 #   Bag Thinly sliced for homefries
Radish - red precut, whole   5 #   Bag Already Cleaned
Radish - red with tops 24 bunch     Bag  
Rice - long grain   50 #   Bag  
Rosemary 12 bunch 2 #   Bag  
Salad - wet - 4 bean   10 #   Carton  
Salad - wet - Carrot & raisin   10 #   Carton  
Salad - wet - Cole slaw   10 #   Carton See also dry cole slaw
Salad - wet - Egg Salad   5 #   Carton Sandwiches only.  Not cholesterol free.
Salad - wet - Elbow macaroni   10 #   Carton  
Salad - wet - Potato   10 #   Carton Add chopped celery.
Salad - wet - Tuna   5 #   Carton Sandwiches or stuffed tomato.
Spinach 24 15 #   Case  
Sprouts - alfalfa   1 #   Box  
Squash - zucchini - choice   25 #   Case Must be prepared - blemished
Strawberry - Driscoll 180 15 #   12 pints Good quality, 14-16 per pint
Tomato - cherry #1 12 pints 28 #   Lug Salad
Tomato - jobber   25 #   Lug May be very blemished.  Good for salsa only.
Tomato - large loose bulk pack   25 #   Lug Bulk packed
Tomato - ripe 5x6x2 #1 60 20 #   Case What you see in the grocery store.
Watermelon 4-5 15-20 #   Carton Can also buy each
Watermelon   2500 #   Bin See recipe for Elephant Stew (you've gotta have dessert)

 

Footnotes:

 

    ‡       This table could not have been assembled without the assistance of Jody Chalfant of Bonanza Produce Co. in Reno NV.

 

    *       Numbers indicates product quality in the product description section.  For all products except bananas:

                                    #1 indicates grocery store quality

                                    #2 indicates blemished/imperfect produce

 

    †       Bananas have a numbering system that indicates their ripeness/color:

                                    #1 indicates completely green

                                    #4 is almost ripe

                                    #5 is ripe

                                    #6 is completely ripe

                                    #7 is overripe

 

THE POTATO GUIDE
COUNT SIZES    
60 count 10 to 16 ounces Massive baking potatoes.
70 count 9 to 15 ounces Entrée Baked Potatoes.
80 count 8 to 13 ounces Good for side dishes, lunch entrée.
90 count 7 to 12 ounces Small baked potato side, or skins.
100 count 6 to 10 ounces Good dor side dishes.
110 count 5 to 9 ounces Institutional Potato bars
120 count 4 to 8 ounces Elementary school side

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