Oh, man. They made great iced animal cookies, amongst others.
Did it crumble?
The Mother’s Cookies??
Oh no. I love the lemon filled tea biscuits.
An institution here in Oakland...but like Dole, the US Navy, GM, Ford, and other heavy industry and manufacturing...they will all resurface somewhere in the 3rd World at 1/10th the labor cost.
maybe not breaking news,..
another victim of the Do Nothing Don’t Drill Congre$$
one of many more to come as we slide deeper into a socialist morass
92 years ago Oakland was probably a fine city.
I had a friend who worked for them. He did deliveries. He used to fill out his tax form and list his occupation as “Mothers Trucker”.
Now I am officially depressed. Their frosted animal cookies are my favorite cookie. What a bummer.
Did they manufacture the Girl Scout cookies? I thought they did so at one time, but can’t recall.
Those pink and white iced circus animals are the best. How sad.
Big Lots will probably get the remaining stock, so look for them there.....
Of course, Kalifornia’s high taxes had NOTHING to to with it... Ya, right.
For nearly two decades N.M Wheatley (who didn't care for his name of Noah and pronounced his middle name "Mike" although his French mother spelled it "Mique") worked hard as a hometown and foreign newspaper vendor at the corner of San Francisco's Market and Kearny streets. In 1914, he became curious about an elderly couple who passed by his newsstand every day carrying a covered basket filled with delicious home-baked, vanilla cookies they sold door-to-door. After trying one, Mique decided on the spot to purchase the rights to the recipe.
One doesn’t expect cookies to be a health food but IIRC the ingredient list on Mother’s Cookies did not inspire confidence. Maybe this has something to do with their downfall.
Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooo, my family and I LOVE their chocolate chip cookies.
Just damn!
I never knew Frank Zappa was in the baking business.
No more animal circus cookies?
I think the news may be responsible for the passing of Chucko the Clown. RIP.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-runyon9-2008oct09,0,4088677.story