J.J.'s Diner & General Store

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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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Jan Carter

me neither, but I would love to watch lol

Jun 6, 2011
KnifeMaker
Michael Bolen

Stephen, I'll lend you the Gig, but only if I can video tape you giging the Gator.

Jun 6, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Getting meat for supper in south Louisiana can be a real adventure sometimes.

Jun 7, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Jun 7, 2011

Jan Carter

Hey I found a receipe for the Kangaroo, did you get any in?

Ingredients

1	each	kangaroo fillet	striplion
200	grams	sweet potatoes, or yams	or kumara

20 grams yakajirri

80 ml game jus
20	grams	spices	Wildfire
20	each	pastry	cases
2	grams	salt and black pepper
20	grams	butter
50	millilitres	cream

Directions

Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato, then place into a small pot together with cold water and a little salt; bring to the boil, then simmer for 35 minutes.

Season the kangaroo fillet with salt and pepper, then sear on a hot grill or BBQ and cook on the hot plate or in an oven until medium rare; season with Wildfire Spice while it rests for as long as it took to cook.

In a sauce pan combine the ground Yakajirri with game jus; bring to the boil and simmer, allowing the bush tomato flavour to infuse.

Ingredients

1	each	kangaroo fillet	striplion
200	grams	sweet potatoes, or yams	or kumara

20 grams yakajirri

80 ml game jus
20	grams	spices	Wildfire
20	each	pastry	cases
2	grams	salt and black pepper
20	grams	butter
50	millilitres	cream

Directions

Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato, then place into a small pot together with cold water and a little salt; bring to the boil, then simmer for 35 minutes.

In a sauce pan combine the ground Yakajirri with game jus; bring to the boil and simmer, allowing the bush tomato flavour to infuse.

Ingredients
1 each kangaroo fillet striplion
200 grams sweet potatoes, or yams or kumara

20 grams yakajirri

80 ml game jus
20 grams spices Wildfire
20 each pastry cases
2 grams salt and black pepper
20 grams butter
50 millilitres cream

Directions
Peel and roughly chop the sweet potato, then place into a small pot together with cold water and a little salt; bring to the boil, then simmer for 35 minutes.

In a sauce pan combine the ground Yakajirri with game jus; bring to the boil and simmer, allowing the bush tomato flavour to infuse.

Jun 7, 2011

In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Miss Jan I tried cooking Kangaroo one time but it kept jumping out the pot.

Jun 7, 2011
Jan Carter

Tie your Kangaroo down son, Tie your kangaroo down

Jun 7, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

lol..love...it...lol

Jun 7, 2011
Jan Carter

How this for the appetizer.....from this To this

Jun 7, 2011
Jan Carter

Or even this ...to this

Jun 7, 2011
Jan Carter

Do you think we could get James to make us a knife from that lions leg roast?

Jun 7, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Hey Robert,

Two rattlers aren't enough for us...

Jun 8, 2011
Jan Carter

JJ,

Thats a mess of rattlers to clean, anybody got a knife?

Jun 8, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

That's where I draw the line, I'm not eating no snake. My pawpaw use to fry them up but nope not for me. Miss Jan that's right now we need a lion knife, see you never have enough knives.

Jun 8, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Lion knife with a rattle snake "Rattle" lanyard.

Jun 9, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

I sho don't want a rattle snake knife.

Jun 9, 2011
stephen tungate

i do like the knives with clear acrlyic and rattle snake skin or even boea

Jun 9, 2011
Jan Carter

Sounds exoctic to me...Robert, on the drive today we discovered a flaw in the bus to the bladeshow idea. We would be stopping to pick up so much road kill for dinner we'd never get anywhere!!

Jun 9, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

We could rent a road kill, U hawl for our food and get J.J. to cook.

Jun 9, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...

Jun 10, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

J.J. We have to get you to drive, I'll watch for road kill.

Jun 11, 2011
Jan Carter

It sure enough sounds like fun

Jun 11, 2011
J.J. Smith III

On the road again,

just can't wait to get on the road again,

...

Jun 12, 2011
Jan Carter

Look for some turtle, I hear Robert made some this week. Bet its good

Jun 12, 2011
J.J. Smith III

I saw that Jan had replied to Ricks discussion on "working" dogs.

Here's a pic of Ol' Blue.

He was supposed to be a watch dog, here at the diner...

He kinda got in the cooler.

Jun 13, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

This was supper Saturday night!

Jun 13, 2011
Jan Carter

JJ,

ROFL..I just came in from work and must have a brain cramp. It took a moment to figure that out.

Robert,

Tell us how you cooked him

Jun 13, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Turtle meat in Louisiana is 15 to 17 dollars a pound. Give me a chance I'll tell you how I cook them.

Jun 13, 2011
Jan Carter

Better than Tampa Robert..I don't think you can buy it here...just catch it

Jun 13, 2011
stephen tungate

jj robert has our lunch special for this month.turtle soup with all the fix'ens robert can use the shell for my bowl that would be great.i love turtle soup in a shell....

Jun 13, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Stephen, its funny you should mention turtle soup. We lost the receipt for an old turtle soup dish and have everyone looking. So I cooked them this time in a sauce piquant.

Jun 13, 2011
Jan Carter

yum

Jun 13, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Turtle stew it is.

My pic of Blue got gone? Had to repost...

Stephen, don't think I'll trust Ol Blue with his own knife.

Jun 14, 2011
stephen tungate

now thats funny i don't care what anybody say's.jj i think we better get ol'e blue a mate.he is looking a little board.....

Jun 14, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

That's what I looked like after supper. The blue dog blues. lol

Jun 14, 2011
Jan Carter

Well at least he uses a glass!!

Jun 14, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Hey, what ya'll cooking for fathersday? I'm thinking of cooking something exotic like chicken or beef.

Jun 14, 2011
Jan Carter

Maybe steak and lobster. Unless you have some crawfish hangin' around. I'll make the bisque if you want to come to dinner

Jun 14, 2011
Jan Carter

I have the perfect walkin stick for you while you are here

Jun 15, 2011
stephen tungate

im having fresh salmon&taters&cornbread.....

Jun 15, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

All sounds good, hope the fathers have a good day.

Jun 15, 2011
J.J. Smith III

Hope the girls will want some burgers. That meens we'll head to the lake.

Jun 16, 2011
Jan Carter

I hope all the fathers and grand fathers have a glorious day with family they adore.

Jun 17, 2011
Jan Carter

So what is for dinner this week guys? I am still eating my fruit and trying to keep my tummy settled, the good news is I am starting a peach pit collection for JJ

Jun 21, 2011
J.J. Smith III

I'm on the road, waiting out a storm. Gonna have to rely on a Chic-fil-a sandwich.

Saw bambi beside the road this morning, but I was on the way to see my Uncle. Someone else must be havin stew tonight...

Jun 21, 2011
stephen tungate

jj with all that water you could have night crawler soup mmm.that has plenty of protein keep you going while on the road...

Jun 21, 2011
Jan Carter

Hey JJ, Hope everything went well with the storm

Jun 22, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

Miss Jan, we could get that whale tooth and make us a real whale knife.

Jun 23, 2011
Jan Carter

With Carbon steel Robert!!

Jun 23, 2011
In Memoriam
Robert Burris

You better beleive it. One of your friends said 440c is better in the feild. Well I'm still biting my tounge. I love 440c steel also but lets not start another disagreement over stainless vs carbon steels.

Jun 23, 2011

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