Dave Knows: Elko

I had poutine for the first time while in Vancouver BC back in January.
Inspired by www.portlandpoutine.com I decided to make my own at home, Elko-style!
The ingredients are very simple.  Here’s what we started with:

Walmart Crinkle-cut fries ( I told you this was Elko-style)
Hennings Cheddar Cheese curds from Wisconsin( but we won’t hold that against them)
Heinz [...]

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There’s a new blog out there, run by my bro, Dave.  All about Poutine in Portland.  What is Poutine, you say?  It’s french fries, cheese curds and gravy.  All together in one greasy-salty mass of excessiveness.  I’ve had Poutine exactly once, when I was in Canada, of course.  It’s the kind of dish everyone really [...]

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Elko doesn’t have a lot of pizza choices.  You have Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Round Table, Pizza Barn and Papa Murphy’s.  We try to eat healthy most of the time, but when we get “the craving” we usually go for Papa Murphy’s or Dominoes since they are the cheapest.  If money were no object, it  would [...]

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Stuff this weekend in Elko!
Octoberfest
Get your shnitzel on at the Octoberfest.  This Saturday at the Convention Center.  For more information call Lynn Rubel 738-4187
I realize it’s nothing like what they have in Portland, but hey, cut us some slack, it’s Elko, dammit.
Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival
The Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival is this weekend!  We saw some [...]

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Now with more mapping goodness!
Below is the route we took from Elko to Vegas.  Note the right turn at Ely, which takes you to the “Lund Cutoff” on highway 318.  That cuts off about an hour from the alternate route on 93 through Pioche and Caliente.

It’s a pretty boring drive, most of it looks exactly [...]

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I’m still tired after a whirlwind trip to Vegas over the weekend.  And I only had one drink!
We packed up the rental car (a 2009 Impala) Thursday night.  It’s a nice car, leather, sunroof, giant trunk.  It served us very well the whole trip and was very comfortable.
The boys and I hit the road about [...]

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I’m not a big coffee drinker but my ride to work likes to stop at Starbucks every now and then.  I usually don’t buy anything because I don’t like to pay $4 for any drink, especially not coffee.  (I’m more of a $1 44-ounce soda kind-of-guy)  This morning I figured what the hell and sprung [...]

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I’m sooooooo tired.  Got home from work about 5:00pm yesterday, headed straight to the Elko Little League baseball fields.  We had snack bar duty so we were there until 9:30, flipping burgers, frying fries, cheesing nachos.  Despite the long hours and the backache I get a kick out of my time at the snack bar.    [...]

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The in-laws let us chick-sit yesterday.  27 little pecking fuzzballs.  Aren’t they adorable? 

In that last picture it looks like Bart does not approve of the sweet ‘fro.
I didn’t even know you could ship live animals through the US Postal Service.  Pretty cool.

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Twinkie ears, marshmallow eyes and nose, Twizzler whiskers.
Yeah, that’s how I roll.

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