J.J.'s Diner & General Store

The community is invited to come on down to the Diner & General Store. Take a chair on the porch and sit a spell. Visit with your neighbors and see what's going on in town.

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  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Uncle Wiskers-
    Where is that big basket of peach pits picture you put up here? Or it might have been a discussion topic...it was back 4 or 5 months ago. I"m trying to find it.
    Scott

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Never mind I found it :)

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Hey Uncle Wisker fans (aka J. J. Smith) check out the current edition of Cutlery News Journal. Here you go.
  • J.J. Smith III

    I knew you two were up to something...

    Think I'll put one in a frame and hang it in the diner.
    I also e-mailed a copy to my wife, and offered to autograph it for her.
  • J.J. Smith III

    Hey Frank, glad you stopped by.
    Business been kind of slow lately. Must be the economy...
  • Frank Stennett

    It took all my will power last nite watching the knive show from smkw. I could have went broke on that blackjack, cc, case, queen, etch. My trouble is the next day I still remember their phone number. Frank
  • J.J. Smith III

    4 in 51 years...

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Heck, I can't even remember my age, much less phone numbers. Thank goodness for cell phones having my kid's phone numbers memorized for me.
  • J.J. Smith III

    Hey Hog,
    You know you're always welcome but did you do something to make the Mrs mad?

  • Frank Stennett

    Will be going to smkw for rep. weekend. The wife walks around with me, but when I start my purchasing she goes and sits in the car and reads. I don't allow rolling pins and guns on the trip. I've been fortunate, she never complains about knife collecting. Not yet anyway. We met a man the other day who had almost a thousand knives. One of the nicest gentlemen you would ever want to meet. Frank
  • J.J. Smith III

    Don't worry Hog, we wont let her know, that you're here.
  • J.J. Smith III

  • J.J. Smith III

    Hey folks, We're headed to the North Carolina mountains for the weekend, to pick some fresh apples and get a few gallons of fresh pressed cider. Uncle Silas and Miss. Maude are going with us, this trip. If anything comes up contact Sarah. :-) She's in charge till we get back Sunday night or Monday morning.
  • Frank Stennett

    Where does one keep a few gallons. Hmm let me guess. Have a good one. Frank
  • J.J. Smith III

    I'll tell you one thing, at least one won't make it home...
    Take a cup out of the gallon jug and they freeze well, and there's always "Applejack".

  • iKC Gift Shop

    Just wanted to stop by and drop off the latest iKC item, the new iKC flag.

    Let's run it up the flag pole.
  • george morningstar

    been awhile since i have stopped by, pull up a chair lets pop a cork and catch up.
  • J.J. Smith III

    Hey George, always got you a spot.


  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    Skinning tip .. Set parking brake & jack up drive tire ~ 1" off pavement .. @ a speedometer reading of 5~8 mph .. feed carcass between pavement & spinning tire ..


    Emergency tenderizing .. use the radiator cooling fan ..
  • J.J. Smith III

    LETS PARTY!!!


  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    I see you, Dale and Hog are already here partying. :)
  • J.J. Smith III

    That's how we do things.

  • Frank Stennett

    Haven't been as happy as you three monkeys since I bought my last knife.
  • Gerald Hines

    Should be a good party since Scotts got 24,000 gallons of wine in his cellar.

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    That ain't my cellar Gerald. It's a winery in Virginia we're gonna auction :)
  • Bill Fletcher

    Mercy, that's enough to fill a nice cement pond!
  • J.J. Smith III

    Well,  Scott DID say he was buying, after we hit 2500 members.

    Wine cellar, winery, we aren't that particular...


  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Maybe that's why you screwwed up the iKC member count :) LOL

  • In Memoriam

    D ale

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    Count screw-up ???    

     

    !!!!!!! .....  Back to the cellar, Boys  ..... !!!!!!! 

     

    ... uhhh ..sumpin 'bout a count screw-up ... yeah .. i aint dat paticular either .. saaay .. you tried any those reaaly dark green bootles yet ...

  • J.J. Smith III

    According to the town charter, Census count is the responsibility of the Mayors Office.

  • In Memoriam

    D ale

    I love it ...

     

    !!!!!!! .....  Back to the cellar, Boys  ..... !!!!!!! 

     


  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Ok I admit I was in the cave, as the owner of the wine called it, but didn't taste a drop. :( as to the count, hellifiknow what happened. New members go to the next highest number available. So how 2500 became 2501, I don't have a clue. Wonder if someone who quit came back or something. Good thing I didn't give one of our few remaining club knives as an award (thought about it) it would have cost me two:). Did the original 2500 gentleman ever come back yet? :)
  • Gerald Hines

    I didn't know you had us numbered.
  • J.J. Smith III

    I haven't seen any activity from him.  However, I'll say, IMO, that he IS #2500.  (Ning hickp not withstanding.)

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Gerald-I don't have the members numbered, though at times it would be useful, and fun info. I have to get the last number and count backwards. :)
  • J.J. Smith III

    Don't you have an I-Pad app for that?

  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    :) no and thankfully I don't collect them either, apps that is.

  • KnifeMaker

    Michael Bolen

    I'll have a plate of groundhog, mashed tatters, gravy and green beans,MMMMMMMMMMM good

  • KnifeMaker

    Michael Bolen

    COMMING THIS SPRING , FLAT FROG FRIES WITH RAMPS AND MUSHROOMS!!!!!!!!!!
  • J.J. Smith III

    Them  sound good Mike.  If they do good, we'll add them as the "Big Mike" specials.

  • KnifeMaker

    Michael Bolen

    JJ, You're a riot!
  • george morningstar

    BIG JOHN HOW ABOUT SOME SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS, AND COFFEE

  • KnifeMaker

    Michael Bolen

    Just had Roadside kill pork sausage and gravy with biscuts!!!! Yum Yum
  • J.J. Smith III

    Michael must have gotten the "Head half hog" that Scott found last week...

  • In Memoriam

    Robert Burris

    JJ, I'll get you that mud bug [crawfish] recipe soon as I measure everything.

     

  • J.J. Smith III

    You "MEASURE" ?

  • In Memoriam

    Robert Burris

    No! I don't measure but how am I to tell how of this are that?
  • J.J. Smith III

    Round here, recipes have lots of measurements like "Some of this, "A Bit of that", and  "A hand-full of the other".

    We always finish it off with either "Salt to taste" or "Add Tabasco to taste".

    No one has died from it.  (Recently...)


  • In Memoriam

    Robert Burris

    Crawfish Stew.....sautee, 1 onion, 1 bell pepper, 1 stick of celery and 1 clove of garlic in 1 stick of butter on low heat for 5 minutes or until tender. Add 1 pint of water 1 can whole tomatoes or Roytel and several spoonfulls of roux. Salt pepper or cajun seasonall. simmer for awhile . Then add 1 pound of crawfish or shrimp, a little onion tops and parsely. cook a little longer and serve over cooked rice.    To make a roux use equal amounts of all purpose flour and cooking oil. Preheat oil then stir in flour, stirring constantly, cook until deep golden brown. take away from heat......Bon Appetit
  • J.J. Smith III

    Hot doggies,

    sounds great...