Charlie McCarthy spoons - oh my!

Those would look great in my china cabinet. Just saying.

Please send me a link to those spoons with the monopoly heads if you dont buy them. They do look just like the guy with the bowler hat!

LOVE the cups and saucers, you can’t go wrong with lovely handpainted china in those colors! I recently bought cream soup bowls with handles and saucers because …handles!

I would not be the best shopping buddy for you Mtn.

Carol has, it, they are "Charlie McCarthy spoons." I had no idea. In fact when i emailed them, i asked for the Charlie McCabe spoons, LOL

There are quite a few on Ebay, etc.

Oooo, love these finds. You better get those elephant pots, they’re awesome.

Are you still growing the bougainvillea vine in there?

I wonder if those spoons were a giveaway from the radio show?

That's Candice Bergen's dad, Edgar. He and his dummies were wildly popular once upon a time.

I thought they would be cute spoons for the grandkids to use in the dining room. We only have my silver baby spoon, DH’s was lost to his mother’s Alzheimer’s as were so many of his keepsakes. I just checked ebay and bought a lot of four spoons that included one Charlie Mccarthy and three actual baby spoons in different patterns 👍

Having young adult children, especially girls gives you so much plausible deniability. I love all the pieces you show, especially the tea cups and the elephant.

I really enjoy your shopping and I thank you for taking me along.

Those teacups are totally fantastic. Of course everything else is too but the teacups are beauties.

What is the design on those brass spoons?

You have an Asian theme going, heavy on the Thai. Do you have a cooking club meal coming up?

LOL Bpath, next cooking club is Southern cooking.

My one DD and I are in a chinoiserie phase true.

Zalco, "plausible deniability" is a phrase we use all the time.

Salon, Buddhas, I think.

I do just love the cups and saucers, even tho the last thing im looking for is china.

Jinx, My bougainvillea "summers" outdoors. It had a tough winter.

I like the elephant planters.

I really enjoy seeing what others are buying. Interesting picks.

I love them!!! What great little treasures

What great finds. I was suitably impressed with second hand shopping in the Berkshires!

The spoons are cereal spoons I think. My sisters have Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

Excellent finds - love the elephant planters and those tea cups are very nice. And those brass spoons!

The Charlie McCarthy spoons are a 1939 giveaway from Chase and Sanborn coffee.

The Yogi and Huckleberry Spoons were 50 cents + a box top from Kellogg's cereals.

Love the planters!

OMG I just gave away a brass serving and carving set with that exact same pattern! I didn't even ask for a commission, I just took it down to the local antique store and said, "I'll bet there is someone somewhere who would like this." That was my only concern. Even though it was nice and I liked it, It just didn't go with anything I had. I was right in the middle of getting some complimentary pieces to what I had so I was purging other stuff that I would never use. If I had known I could have sent it to you!

oh these are just little demitasse spoons... so small they don't really need to go with anything

In the late 90s I actually bought a set of that flatware when our next door neighbor was having a garage sale. I never used, then sold at our moving sale a few years later.

The McCarthy spoons are cute!

Anyone remember the Campbell kids soup spoons? My sister and I both had a girl spoon. Mom still had them, so now we each have one. It stays in a kitchen drawer, another childhood reminder.

How cute is that, Allison??

Allison, if I had that spoon, it would go in the drawer next to my cooktop where I have a few odds and ends spoons and forks for tasting and odds and ends kinds of tasks. Too much fun to hide away.

@lascatx, it is in my every day flatware drawer, in the serviing section, so it's not hidden. Glad you and @Kswl enjoyed.

@mtnrdredux_gw what are you cooking for the Southern cooking club dinner?

Love fhe teacups and the elephant planters. All great finds.

Would like to hear more about your Southern dinner.

I was going to make tomato pie, because we have garden tomatoes in abundance and they are, if I do say so myself, outstanding.

But ... it sounds like that will taste very much like pizza, which was the August theme (I missed it since we are in Maine).

So IDK ...

Have you ever tried toasted sourdough bread, spead with mayonnaise, topped with thick slices of lightly salted tomatoes? OMG, too good.

For Southern cooking, consider Pat Conroy's pickled shrimp.

http://cateringbydebbicovington.com/10463-2/

yes yes yes Zalco, everyone else makes BLTs but I have mine deconstructed, because that is the best!

... allergic to shellfish. : (

A real southern hostess would not hesitate having a platter (with s + p nearby) of sliced tomatoes as part of the meal. If the tomatoes are good.

My tomato pies did not taste like pizza at all. I think oregano might do that. They were more like a tomato quiche.

Here's the recipe I used - from G'web's Cooking forum, and also found at http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tomato_pie/print/:

Tomato Pie

1 10" pie shell -

1/2 onion, chopped

3-4 tomatoes, cut in half horizontally and seeded and squeezed of excess juice; coarsely chopped (3 cups)

1/4 cup sliced basil

2 cups grated cheese - I used cheddar or swiss

3/4 cup mayonnaise (OP uses 1/2 cup)

1 tsp hot sauce, or to taste

Preheat oven to 350°F and cook pie shell 8-10 minutes until lightly golden. If using a frozen crust, cook longer.

Squeeze as much moisture out of the tomatoes as you can using a colander or towel.(I used a colander and saved the juice - it's delicious 😋)

Saute onions until nicely caramelized and sprinkle in pie crust. Spread tomatoes over, then basil. Combine the mayonnaise and shredded cheese and hot sauce. It should be the consistency of a gooey snowball.

Spread over the tomatoes and bake 25-40 minutes until bubbly and heated through.

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And I still recall, when I was a little girl, our Atlanta hostess serving us a platter of her garden tomatoes sliced and sprinkled with fresh basil and capers - perfectly delicious!

ohh that sounds so good, very similar to what i had bookmarked

I think however, some attended this month may have made a tomato pie as a riff on pizza (I was not there)

I came across chicken pot pie as "southern" and was thinking of maybe making mini ones, with phyllo (we are very flexible on theme interpretation). I don't want to do cornbread or desserts, and my shellfish allergy also eliminates a lot.

Do you know what everyone else will be making? Have you ever heard of Spoon Bread? It is lighter, more moist and delicious.

Allison, That sounds great; do you have any savory versions you like?

@mtnrdredux_gw -- there is a pizza-like tomato pie (popular in Phila (not sure if it has broader appeal).. it is basically pizza without cheese) it really isn't at all like the tart/quiche-like tomato pie. Not sure if that helps.. but it might open the door for you.

What about an elevated fried green tomato dish? (sorry, no t&t recipe to share)

Funky, I am bad at frying. I don't fry much and i'm just not good at it!

Was thinking of this, https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/spoon-bread-with-mushrooms-and-herbs .but it has no reviews.

That one looks good, Mtn. These are my favorite grits. I get from the big A, but WF sells too. At least in the south.

yes, my local grocery carries that too

thx!