Paoli

In the early 1960's and all the way up to the 1990's, almost every student who attended Morehead State University found their way to Jimbo's just on the outskirts of town. I'm sure Jimbo, the owner, cooked more than just hamburgers and french fries but I'm also sure that's the only combination I ever ate there since they were so perfect. I NEVER ate a whole order of the fries; the platter he'd slide onto the table would be heaped up and spilling over with hot, golden, delicious potatoes so most of us would get just a half order. Jerry, Amanda, Rob, and I all lamented when Jimbo closed because it was the end of an era. Welllll, Jerry and I have found a good replacement! There's a place in Paoli, Indiana called Kountry Kitchen (Yeah, I know. I don't like cutsey spelling either.) that comes as close to Jimbo's fries as any I've tasted since leaving Morehead. We ate at Kountry Kitchen twice last weekend, once on the way to French Lick then again for breakfast on the way back home the next morning.

When we go to French Lick, we almost always go visit "our" Amish family and take empty egg cartons for them to reuse plus something to the little children; we also buy whatever fresh produce or eggs they have available. This trip we took a small tub of suckers and one empty egg carton. We gave the container of suckers to Laura who is about 3 years old; Laura is a sucker for suckers!! Since her Mom, Wilma, was in the garden gathering tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn for us, I also handed Laura the egg carton. Her brother Benedict came running down the hill when he spotted our car (All the kids know we'll have goodies with us every time.), trotted over to Laura with his hand out. She looked at him, looked at the tub of suckers, looked back at him and didn't offer him any. They don't speak English yet so I used a combination of words and gestures to show her she needed to share with him. She watched me then solemnly handed Benedict the empty egg carton! :-)