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The dining habits of Boiseans by the numbers Lisa huynh eLLer | iLLustrations By aDam rosenLunD Pounds of potatoes Boise Fry Company fries in a week: Eggs The Egg Factory goes through in a week: Salmon cakes Goldy’s Breakfast Bistro makes in a week:
30
2,400
9,800
salmon cakes (plus 100 salmon filets and salmon hash)
Pounds of flour Zeppole Baking Company uses in a week: More than
3,000
Kegs Sockeye Brewery produces in a year:
Cords of firewood Flatbread Community Oven uses in a month: Jars of dipping sauce Gino’s Italian Ristorante makes in a year:
6,000
3
400
Pounds of compost created in a year by the worms in Red Feather Lounge’s basement: 73,000 Pounds of steak Chandlers Steakhouse sells every week:
700-800
140-160
Chickens roasted in a week at Pollo Rey:
Pounds of elk meat Cottonwood Grille uses in a week: People who have completed the Big Jud Challenge:
1,000
200
(20 have finished the Double Big Jud)
Pizza slices Pie Hole sells in downtown Boise on a Saturday night: Pounds of clams Ben’s Crow Inn sells in a week:
1,000
Orders of chicken and waffles sold at Solid on a Friday night: Pounds of Hatch chiles The Green Chile uses each week: Number of tacos sold at Parrilla Grill on Thursday nights: Liters of booze Bardenay makes in a year: Types of fish used regularly at Shige: Flavors of ice cream made at Delsa’s Ice Cream Parlour:
64
18,000
15-25
100
3,000
24
flavors (only 16 are available at a time)
Weight of a stone molcajete bowl at El Gallo Giro Kuna:
4
pounds (6 pounds when full)
Number of bagels Blue Sky Bagels sells every morning:
5,000-7,000
Scoville points the ghost peppers at Superb Sushi score: Weight of Flora the tinfoil ball at Flying Pie Pizzaria:
1,100-1,200
475.5
1 million
pounds (8-feet, 1-inch around)
Average wait for a weekend breakfast table at Goldy’s Breakfast Bistro: Croquettes Bar Gernika makes every day:
1,000
Pounds of coffee Flying M Coffeehouse uses each day: 28 | AnnuAl MAnuAl 2012-2013 | boiseweekly
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