Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Some facts

Everyone talks about how much food there is to eat on a cruise ship. But did you ever wonder exactly how much food has to be prepared? The following facts will surprise you!

* Meals: 105,000 meals prepared per week
* Desserts: 300,680 prepared per week
* Appetizers: 234,000 prepared per week
* Steaks: 69,000 prepared per week

It's impossible to go hungry on a cruise ship. There is always a meal just waiting for you right around the corner. The following facts will show you just how much we consume in one week on a cruise ship.

* Beef: 20,000 lbs.
* Chicken: 12,000 lbs.
* Pork: 5,000 lbs.
* Lobster: 1,400 lbs.
* Seafood: 4,000 lbs.
* Salmon: 2,500 lbs.
* Eggs: 28,000
* Flour: 15,000 lbs.
* Sugar: 4,300 lbs.
* Coffee: 1,500 lbs.
* Fruits: 35,000 lbs.
* Vegetables: 65,000 lbs.

In addition to all of that, cruisers consume 1,500 gallons of milk, 18,000 slices of pizza, and 8,000 gallons of ice cream!

Now that is a lot of food!

2 comments:

Andy said...

And I'm still hungry...

Anonymous said...

Not the place to slim down, I take it.

Cheers.