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Central Kitchen uses new slicer to prepare nearly 3,000 blood oranges for school meals
Summary
Central Kitchen staff said a new fruit slicer will process 50 cases of locally sourced blood oranges—about 3,000 pieces—in roughly two hours; the fruit will be packed and shipped to schools to be served fresh as the week's fruit.
Diane Mercenari, Central Kitchen staff, said the facility is using a new fruit slicer to process 50 cases of blood oranges that will be served to students.
The demonstration highlighted steps kitchen staff use for produce served in school meals: wash the fruit, feed the oranges through the slicer, then pack and ship them to schools to be served fresh. "This cutter lets us process the whole case in under a minute, allowing us to slice nearly 3,000 oranges in about 2 hours," Mercenari said.
Mercenari said the oranges are sourced from local farms and will be featured as the "fruit of the week." After slicing, staff pack and ship the fruit to schools for student meals, a process the speaker described as enabling quicker preparation and distribution of fresh fruit.
The presentation consisted of a short demonstration and description of the packing and distribution steps rather than a policy discussion or formal action. No votes or formal decisions were recorded during the segment.
