Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips

As a subset of these stories, I will write a few short stories about great meals I had while taking a walk.

It was a Sunday afternoon in Ellisville, Mississippi. I was visiting with my older brother, his wife, and daughter. After attending church services with them, we went for lunch at the Jones County Junior College.

My brother’s wife teaches Nursing at the Jones County Junior College. His daughter attends there. His son used to attend there. The junior college is a center of the community. There are dormitories at this junior college. Most of the students go home on Friday evening and return on Sunday evening. The cafeteria is closed on Saturday, but reopens each Sunday for the mid-day and evening meals.

A couple of hundred people joined us for lunch at the cafeteria on Sunday after church.

There are restaurants in Ellisville – at least a dozen of them. Still, a few hundred people eat lunch at the junior college cafeteria. One visit on a Sunday will tell you why:

The food is excellent.

There are several lines serving different kinds of food. I stood in the line that served roast beef and potatoes. The gentlemen serving me covered my plate with a single slice of roast beef (that is a big slice folks). Then he put a few small potatoes on the roast beef and then a large spoon of gravy on the whole thing.

I loved it.

I also had some salad from the salad bar and a piece or two of pizza from the pizza bar. I don’t know what they served in the other lines. I didn’t have the capacity to sample them.

It was one of the best meals I had while walking. The price was under $10 per adult.

One word of caution – they don’t take credit cards here. Just cash or checks.