Reconstruct Data Table So That Column Headers Become Values In Table

I have a large table that I want to reconstruct. For simplicity sake, let's just says it's 3 rows (excluding headers) by 3 columns.

Item Description
1/1/2014
1/2/2014
1/3/2014

Cheese Burgers
2
3
4

Hot Dogs
5
12
6

Beverages
2
5
3

I want to reconstruct it so that the column headers become values in the table. The table headers are dates, in this case, if that gives clearer picture. So the new table would have 9 rows, (3 rows of data, excluding the header times four columns).

Item Description
Date
Quantity

Cheese Burgers
1/1/2014
2

Hot Dogs
1/1/2014
5

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The above example is sorted by date but I would be indifferent if it's sorted by the Item Description.

Is there an easy way to do this? Pivot possibly? Again, my data table is large: 36 rows x 181 columns. Using the copy/paste/transpose feature is pretty impractical.