tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7291144080169107206..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Aunt Jemima's RetiringRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51820031966669079892020-06-18T13:28:10.266-04:002020-06-18T13:28:10.266-04:00Can't find the link right now, but saw a coupl...Can't find the link right now, but saw a couple of articles stating that the parent company is going to re-do the Uncle Ben's rice branding as well.<br /><br />I used the Mrs Butterworth's bottles in the 70's to make flower vases for my Grandmothers and Aunts using model paints to put different colored dresses and aprons on her. Being in small town Iowa and never having heard of Butterfly McQueen (or having seen Gone With The Wind as it was never on the one TV station we received) I used Testor's Flesh* colored paint for her face and hands.<br /><br />They were cheap and (for me) easy gifts that seemed to be appreciated. At least they were displayed in the various house along side other "art" projects from cousins and grand kids.<br /><br />*I haven't looked lately at scale plastic models or paints, but I wonder how the current environment affects naming the paints. The "flesh" color worked well when doing a diorama of WWII Wehrmacht panzers, not so much for one about the Red Ball Express.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.com