[Mccoypottery-talk] McCoy Repros

[Betty F. Nelson]

Barb, Thank you for showing us your pictures.  We had an ice storm here in Des Moines a
few years back that did as much damage as the 3 tornado's that have skimmed the top of my
roof in the past 30 years.  One of my 3 sisters that live in Caddo Co. commutes to OKC
and teaches at the college.  She has 7 acres of big trees around her house and this
morning she said she only had one branch on one tree that was sticking higher than her
roof.  Out there in the country, when they lose the electricity they also lose the pump
for the water.  Oh what convenient we have in cities.
I have seen that wringer washing machine cookie jar in some book somewhere.  I am going
up to our big bookrack this afternoon and I will  look for it.  Betty the Okie in Iowa.

BarbCrews wrote:

> Darn it.. I have seen that jar! Now trying to remember more about it.
> I'll ask in the chat and in my newsletter about it.
>
> Trying to remember if it was a J.D. James jar  - it could have been.
> bc
>
> At 12:40 PM 2/1/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >Barb:
> >
> >Okay, I confess... one Shawnee Smiley Pig my husband inherited when his
> >grandmother died...  It is a prized possession among many.  I've always been
> >deathly afraid of  repro cookie jars, but think I can tell a real McCoy (no
> >pun intended) when it comes to the planters/vases.
> >
> >While we are talking about jars, I saw one several years ago that actually
> >gave me that "gotta have" feeling and took my breath away.  I didn't buy it
> >because I didn't know anything about it but still wish I had.  I was
> >wondering if you might know anything about it, who made it, value, etc.  I
> >believe it was called "Auntie May's Delimma" (or maybe "Fanny" May's
> >Delimma).  It was a black mammy in a mint green dress with kerchief on her
> >head.  She was standing behind an old manual "Maytag" washing machine.  She
> >had a perplexed look on her face as one of her breasts was obviously caught
> >in the manual ringer of the washing machine.   Any info would be
> >appreciated.
> >
> >I'll have to find the book and try the cookies.  My family's favorite is SO
> >simple and I make them every time we need to bring a snack/dessert.
> >Everyone thinks they are SO homemade...   Ha-ha!  I buy the pre-made and
> >divided sugar cookie dough in the yellow package (I think it is Nestlé's -
> >NOT Pillsbury).  After baking the cookies (sometimes I cut the squares in
> >half to double the amount), I mix ready made-vanilla cake frosting with
> >orange flavored extract and red/yellow food coloring.  It makes a pastel
> >orange colored icing and the cookies taste just like the ice cream
> >"dreamcicles" with the orange on the outside and the vanilla ice cream in
> >the middle.
> >
> >Enjoy!  Let me know if you know anything about the cookie jar...
> >
> >Kelly
> >
> >
> >
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> Barbara Crews
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