Monday, September 29, 2008

15 Minute Minestrone Soup


2 Chicken Breasts, cooked & cubed
2 Cups Prepared Watkins Chicken Base
1 (15 Oz.) Can Kidney Beans
1 Cup Frozen Mixed Vegetables
1/2 Cup Onion, chopped
1/2 Cup Pasta Shells, uncooked
1/2 teas. Watkins Basil
1/2 teas. Watkins Thyme
1/4 teas. Watkins Black Pepper
1 (14 1/2 Oz.) Can Stewed Italian Tomatoes

Stir all ingredients in saucepan except chicken. Simmer, covered 10 minutes. Add chicken and bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes.




Meatball Surprise (Cheddar Cheese Filled Meatballs in Gravy)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/2 teaspoon Watkins oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon Watkins onion salt or Watkins seasoning salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Watkins pepper
  • 1/2 cup oatmeal
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 5 ounces cheddar cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

Gravy

  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 1/2 cups milk or water (from boiling potatoes, if you're making potatoes too)
  • 1 teaspoon Watkins Meat Magic flavor enhancer

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the meatball ingredients except the cheese and mix well.
  2. Take a piece of meat about the size of a walnut, flatten it, put a cheese cube in the center, and press the meat mixture closed around the cheese, covering the cheese completely and evenly so it won't melt out into the pan.
  3. Spray skillet with non-stick cooking spray, then fry the meatballs over medium heat until they are very well browned on all sides.
  4. Remove meatballs from pan and make gravy from the drippings.
  5. Add flour to the drippings in the pan and mix well (you may need to add a little oil if there wasn't enough grease rendered from the meatballs).
  6. Add milk or water and Meat Magic, and stir well, getting any meat off the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking.
  7. Cook over medium heat until the gravy thickens and starts to bubble.
  8. Add more milk or water if needed.
  9. Return the meatballs to the gravy and serve or serve separately.


Meatloaf Muffins (Individual Mini-Meat Loaves)

4 muffins

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons Watkins dried onion flakes or 3 tablespoons chopped onions
  • 1/2 teaspoon Watkins Meat Magic flavor enhancer
  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs or crushed cracker
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 ounces tomato sauce (optional)
  • 2 ounces cheese, shredded (1/2 cup) (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon Watkins pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
  3. Generously fill each section of the muffin tin with meat mixture.
  4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes and serve.


Honey Coconut Toast

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons buttermilk
  • artificial sweetener to equal 2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Watkins vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon Watkins cinnamon
  • 2 slices raisin bread
  • 2 teaspoons margarine
  • 1 teaspoon honey, heated
  • 2 teaspoons shredded coconut

Directions

  1. In shallow bowl, combine eggs with buttermilk, sweetener, vanilla, and cinnamon.
  2. Dip bread into egg mixture, turning on both sides.
  3. Let stand until most of the liquid is absorbed.
  4. Heat margarine in nonstick skillet and add bread, pour any remaining egg mixture over bread.
  5. Cook, turning to brown both sides.
  6. Transfer to nonstick baking sheet; spread each slice with 1/2 tsp honey and sprinkle each with 1 tsp coconut.
  7. Broil 5 minutes.
  8. Serve immediately.


Watkins Sour Cream Fudge

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 tablespoons corn syrup
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 6 tablespoons Watkins Cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla

Directions

  1. Boil sugar, syrup and cream, add Coca dissolved in hot water.
  2. Cook to soft ball stage.
  3. Add vanilla, beat until creamy.
  4. Pour into buttered pans, cut into squares.


Watkins Brown Sugar Fudge

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 3/4 cup cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon of Watkins Vanilla

Directions

  1. Dissolve sugar in cream, cook until soft ball stage when tested in cold water.
  2. Remove from fire, add butter, nuts and flavoring.
  3. Let cool.
  4. Beat until creamy, press in buttered pan and cut into squares.

Squash Soup


  • 1 med. size acorn squash, peeled
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled
  • 1 large cooking onion (red)

Cook the above in large cooking pot with water. Puree using food processor including liquid, transfer back to pot and add the following:

  • 1/4 tsp Watkins Nutmeg
  • 1tsp. Watkins Ginger
  • 1 tsp. Watkins Basil
  • 2 tsp Watkins Parsley
  • 1 or 2 cloves garlic (or 1/2 tsp Watkins Garlic Flakes)
  • Watkins Granulated Black Pepper (to taste)
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups skim milk

Heat on low until hot and serve.



Did you know?


Watkins has sold nearly 13.5 million gallons (or over 51 million liters!) of Vanilla Extract – enough to fill 17 Olympic-size swimming pools – or fill a standard bathtub to the rim 213,682 times!

If all the bottles of Watkins Red Liniment sold were laid end-to-end, they would cover the length of the Great Wall of China four times!

If you lined up all the tins of Pepper Watkins has sold, they could connect Winona MN (home base of Watkins Inc.) to Antarctica!

Watkins received the Gold Medal grand prize for its outstanding Vanilla Extract, Cinnamon and Black Pepper at the prestigious Paris International Exposition in 1928!



Watkins Cream Soup Ideas!

Follow the directions on the container for the thin sauce recipe, then try one of the following ideas.

Seafood Chowder ~ add some crab, shrimp or any of your favorite seafood.
Corn Chowder ~ add a can of drained niblet style corn.
Cream of Cauliflower or Broccoli soup ~ added 1-2 cups of 3/4 cooked vegetables
Cream of Celery ~ add 1/2 cup of sauteed celery and onions.

Leftover Creamy Turkey Soup
~ sauté celery and onion. Then add to cream base along with frozen vegetables, left over turkey and Watkins Black Pepper to taste.

Enjoy!


Watkins Soup and Gravy Bases Bring Warmth

Baked Potato Soup Mix

Watkins has taken the fuss out of homemade potato soup with our Baked Potato Soup Mix. This rich, creamy baked potato soup will make a delicious quick and easy first course for your holiday meal.



Serving Suggestions:
Add boiled, chopped potatoes
Top with onion and shredded cheese
Add fully-cooked chunks of bacon
Serve with a side salad for a complete meal
Serve at holiday meals as a vegetarian alternative



Country Gourmet Gravy Mix

There’s nothing like homemade! Watkins makes that old-fashioned homemade taste perfect for any meal. Enjoy this rich and comforting mix any time of day; just add water, simmer and taste. It will turn your biscuits and mashed potatoes into a delight!

Serving Suggestions:

Use to make your own breakfast casserole
Combine prepared gravy with chipped beef and serve over buttered biscuits
Use as a base for spicy dips
Pour over fried pork for an authentic, down-home southern dinner.


Sunday, September 28, 2008

Soup Bases - Versatile!

If you've never tried any of the Watkins Soup and Gravy bases, you need to! They might look similar to any old can of soup, but these are NOT the same as typical condensed soup that makes one or two servings. These are dry mixes, that make up to 50 servings or more. So they are very economical. Plus, they have so many uses for flavoring all kinds of dishes other than soup and gravy.

You can get these Soup and Gravy Base flavors:

* Beef
* Cheese
* Chicken
* Cream
* Mexican
* Mushroom
* Onion
* Six Onion

And these two Gourmet Gravy Bases:

* Country Gourmet
* Roasted Turkey

Additionally, Baked Potato Soup is part of this year's Seasonal Favorites line.

Here is how your fellow associates use these bases:

* I don't make much soup, so this may sound strange, but my favorite Watkins cooking products are the soup bases. I use them for so many things, sprinkling on chicken when I bake it, simmering it with rice, tossing it in with roasted potatoes. The uses are endless, and the results make the simplest dish seem like you really know what you're doing.

* I love the Chicken Soup mix! It got my kids to eat veggies after my mother-in-law used it in the cooking water.

* One of my favorite products is the Beef Soup Base. Before trying this product my children would not eat roast and after several days we would have to throw away left overs. Now we're lucky to get one meal out of a roast with my kids.

* The Mushroom Soup Base is a huge time saver for making homemade spaghetti sauce. Instead of cooking my sauce of hours I know add a few tablespoons of Mushroom Soup Base. It thickens my sauce and adds a lovely light mushroom flavour that even my picky step-daughter can deal with.

* My single most favorite product is the onion soup. I like being able to fix a cup of good soup instantly. My favorite soup is a pack of ramen noodles (throw away their seasonings), some pepperoni (turkey is best, less fat) and two teaspoons of the onion soup. It's delicious and ready in a couple of minutes.

* I take a bag of frozen green beans or green peas and I mix in 1 Tbsp of butter/margarine, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1 Tbsp splenda (or sugar if you prefer), a couple shakes of Garlic Liquid Spice, 2 Tbsp of water and 2 Tbsp of the Six Onion Soup base, then microwave for about 5 minutes, and sprinkle with Minced Green Onion right before serving.

* We have a customer who's step-dad recently had part of his tongue amputated due to cancer. Due to the chemo, his taste buds are about shot. My customer said that she needs more Beef Soup base, that she is almost out. You see, the only thing that the family found that "dad" will eat is our Watkins Beef Soup Base, because, it is the only thing that he can taste and he LOVES the flavor.

If a recipe calls for a "cream" soup, like cream of mushroom or cream of chicken, just whip up one of the Watkins bases according to the "gravy" directions, which would typically be about the same consistency as a cream-style soup.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Living Naturally

Natural — products that have gone undergone minimal processing and contains no preservatives or artificial additives

Natural Criteria at Watkins:

  • Must be derived from natural sources
  • Plants, minerals and animals are considered natural sources
  • Sources must be processed with natural methods to preserve the source
  • Artificial and synthetic sources are not considered natural
  • Acceptable methods to process natural sources are cleaning, dehydrating, filtering, cold pressing, grinding and natural water/alcohol extraction
Organic — products that that do not contain chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides, etc.

Organic Criteria at Watkins:
  • Governed by USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and NOP (National Organic Program)
  • Must be certified throughout the entire process (from grower to consumer)
  • Products labeled "100% Organic" must contain only organically produced ingredients
  • Products labeled "Organic" must contain at least 95% organically produced ingredients
  • Products labeled "Made With Organic Ingredients" must contain at least 70% organically produced ingredients
Green — a shorthand phrase referring to sustaining Earth's resources. It is a vague term that can be used in many different contexts. Ecological footprint — the amount of water and food needed to meet your daily needs throughout your lifetime. Carbon footprint — the amount of energy you consume to conduct your life. Imagine how much electricity, natural gas, and gasoline you use to run your home, power your car and even get that morning bowl of cereal to your table. It all adds up and just a few small steps can help to reduce it.

Ways to reduce your carbon footprint:

  • Turn off televisions, stereos, home theater systems, and other electronics when not in use. Try this: plug your televisions and other home theater electronics in a power strip with an on/off switch. When you turn your television and other electronics off for the night, flip the switch on the power strip and totally eliminate wasted power.
  • Save over 50% on your homes lighting cost when you replace a standard incandescent bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb. They last longer too!
  • Always wash clothes in cold water. Not only does this preserve the color longer, it saves you money and conserves energy.
  • Use your consumer power! Support companies that are making an effort to improve communities and the environment through Greener manufacturing practices, charitable support, and product offerings that are safe for your family and the environment. Watkins offers a full line of natural, eco-friendly spices and extracts, personal care and home care.


Watkins 2008 Seasonal Favorites&Gift Giving Ideas

Anise Extract

Use in making holiday anise cookies or springerle cookies (one
of Germany’s most famous holiday sweets).
Use in making biscotti.
Recipe · Crystal Cut Candy

Gift Idea: Wrap Crystal Cut Candy in cello bag and give as a gift, along with Anise Extract and recipe card. Wrap in festive cello with raffia or in a festive tin with bow.

Gift Idea: Fishermen put Anise Extract on bait to attract fish. They tell us it works like magic! Place Watkins Anise Extract, Lemon Pepper, Insect Repellent and Sun Block in a tackle box, or wrap them in netting (like a fish net) and attach to a fishing pole.

Hazelnut Extract

Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to whipped cream, cream cheese or whipped topping for a dessert, coffee topping or fruit/bagel spread.
Add to oatmeal.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
· Chocolate Truffles
· Hazelnut Toffee Crunch Pie
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.
Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Irish Cream Extract


Add to coffee (best when extract is added to coffee grounds before brewing).
Add to iced coffee or cappuccino.
Add to fudge and brownie recipes.
Add to ice cream and ice cream drinks.
Recipes HERE under Gift Line recipes:
· Chocolate Truffles
· Irish Cream Caramels
· Irish Cream Pie
· Vanilla Custard Tarts with Irish Cream Sauce
· Carol’s Drop Cookies

Gift Idea: Prepare truffles or caramels and give as a gift in a decorative package along with the recipe and extract.

Gift Idea: Give extract along with coffee.

Seasonal Favorites Bread Mixes


The following bread mixes are simple and easy to prepare and make a great breakfast or the perfect snack for an office, class party, or a wonderful welcome to a new member of your neighborhood. Add the pumpkin butter or a compatible recipe for dip spread, along with the required Watkins ingredients, and you’ll have a lovely gift giving set.

Orange Spice Bread Mix


Gift Idea: Combine the orange spice bread mix with some ginger, rum & orange extract with the Aloha Fruit Dip recipe to use as a delicious spread.
Wrap in a festive tea towel.

Apple Spice Bread Mix

Gift Idea: Give Apple Spice Bread Mix along with Watkins Cinnamon.

Pumpkin Bread Mix


Gift Idea:
Pair this delightful bread with Watkins Cinnamon and Nutmeg.

Snickerdoodles Cookie Mix


Gift Idea:
Pair with anyone of the Hot Cocoa Mixes and a Mug.

Pumpkin Butter

This sweet, rich spread is wonderful on Watkins Good Tastings Bread and
anyone of the seasonal favorites bread mixes.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Pumpkin Bread Mix in a festive cello wrapper and tie
with curly ribbon.

Limited Edition Hot Cocoa Mixes

Peppermint Stick Cocoa


Gift Idea:
Package with mug and chocolate dipped candy canes or peppermint sticks for stirring.
Gift Idea: Pamper with Peppermint – Place Peppermint Stick Cocoa, Watkins Peppermint Foot Scrub and Foot Cream in a decorative basket with a decorative towel.

White Chocolate Almond Cocoa

Gift Idea:
Wrap White Chocolate Almond Cocoa with a DVD you know your gift receiver will love along with a small bag of almonds or popcorn. Everything needed for a perfect movie night!

Raspberry Hot Cocoa

Gift Idea: Package with mug and a small box of Raspberry Truffles.

Cinna-Cream Sprinkles


Sprinkle on toast, oatmeal, French toast.
Mix with sour cream for a perfect fruit dip.
Mix with cream cheese for a bagel spread.
Sprinkle on apples or use in baked apples.
Add to coffee or coffee grounds.

Gift Idea: Wrap Cinna-Cream Sprinkles with Watkins Hazelnut Extract and your favorite coffee. You have just treated your gift-receiver to a hot cup of coffee that only tastes expensive.

Cream of Tartar

Gives a creamier texture to candy and frostings.
Will stabilize meringues in pies and cookies.
Essential for the perfect angel food cake.
The secret ingredient for making the best gingerbread houses.
Great for making candy canes and divinity.
Bread puddings and Irish soda bread will taste even better.

Gift Idea: Wrap with Hazelnut Extract. This will be perfect for baking fans on your list!

Nutmeg, 6 oz Collectable Tin

Great value size just in time for everyone’s baking season. Convenient tin is great for eggnog, custard, hot drinks and spice cookies.

Gift Idea: The perfect host gift during the holidays.

Baked Potato Soup

Use for making potato soup and cream sauce.
Use to flavor mashed potatoes, vegetables and meat.
Use for making cream sauce and onion gravy; use for biscuits and gravy.
Use to flavor hamburgers, meatloaf and meatballs.

Gift Idea: Package Soup Base with soup bowls, Good Tastings Bread Mix, Watkins Pepper and crackers.

Gold Medal Sampler

Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple. This assortment is packaged and ready to wrap, add a bow, or give as is.

Turkey Rub

Make seasoning your turkey a littler easier this year. This convenient pre-mixed rub is full of herbs and spices to enhance turkey’s flavor.

Gift Idea: Combine with Watkins Grapeseed Oil - makes a great
host gift for the holidays.

Food Coloring, 1 oz. trial mark
Available in red, yellow, green and blue.
Add a teaspoon into frosting mix for the perfect piping for all your holiday sugar cookies and cakes.

Gift Idea: Pair them with a frosting recipe or with Cream of Tartar and a recipe card for Watkins play dough for the “young at heart.”
Watkins Cooked Playdough
2 cups/500 mL all-purpose flour
1 cup/250 mL salt
2 Tbsp/30 mL Watkins Cream of Tartar
2 ½ cups/625 mL water
¼ tsp/1.2 mL Watkins Food Coloring
2 Tbsp/30 mL cooking oil
Watkins Extracts of choice: Anise, Peppermint, Almond, Strawberry, Orange, Banana, Coconut

Combine dry ingredients in a saucepan. Add water and oil. Heat stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the side of the pan and forms a ball. Cool. Divide in half and knead in
food coloring and 1 tsp/5 mL extract of choice until smooth. Store in a plastic bag or container in the refrigerator. Keeps for months! Makes 4 cups.

Home Care Sampler

Our #1 selling sampler kit for the season.
Gift Idea: Gift giving made simple – just add a bow or ribbon and
you’re set to go!

Pucker Up 2-Pack


The dynamic duo that’s a must for every stocking stuffer.
Combination of the Tickled Pink and Simply Mauve-lous Lip Tints that are 100% natural with a hint of color and the sensation from the peppermint oil is fantastic!

Gift Idea: Stocking stuffer, host gift, teacher’s gift. Pre-packaged
so all you need to do is add a bow or some raffia.

Total Body Gift Pack

Full size products of mango fragranced personal care. Complete with body oil, hand & body lotion and body cream.

Gift Idea: Perfect gift for everyone you know that could use some extra pampering.

Pomegranate Spice Sink Set

Complete with both natural liquid hand soap and hand & body lotion fragranced with the sweet aroma of pomegranate and a hint of winter spice. Don’t forget to replenish this sink set with
Watkins Natural Hand & Body Lotions and Liquid Hand Soaps.

Gift Idea: Combine with a bath/hand towel set.


Living Naturally



These days, everyone is making a greater effort to conserve the planet's resources. Words like carbon footprint, sustainability, and Green have become common place. We are all taking a closer look at how our day-to-day activities impact the resources we leave for future generations. Watkins has been a pioneer in living naturally and we want to share with you what Living Naturally means to Watkins and more importantly what it means to you and your customers.

So what is Living Naturally to Watkins?
A way of life. Watkins is striving to be the most trusted natural products company and Living Naturally speaks to all of our product categories. From sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing, and delivery, Watkins is working toward sustainability in every aspect of our business!

What Living Naturally means to our Associates and Customers?
Living Naturally means each of our customers can expect consistent products and service at an affordable price, all with the sustainability of our planets resources in mind.

With internal expertise, we can assure you that Watkins natural products have been developed, manufactured and delivered with dedication to environmental sustainability. We have taken the burden off your shoulders so that you can make an anxiety free purchase since Watkins natural products are made in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

Watkins has been a pioneer in natural living, utilizing the finest natural ingredients since 1868. We continue our commitment to you and the environment by implementing processes that reduce waste and conserve energy.

Watkins promise is to continue our Living Naturally philosophy for generations to come.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

What is Tropical Salsa?


What is Tropical Salsa? According to the Watkins catalog, it's "an exclusive all natural blend of pineapple, bananas and chiles inspired by Caribbean fruit salsas and Indian chutneys. Use as an alternative to barbecue sauce or as a condiment to Caribbean and Asian foods."

But our Summit Group associates use it for much more than that... here's what various team members told us about how they use Tropical Salsa:

  • On burgers instead of ketchup.
  • Chicken & veggie kabobs on the grill.
  • As a dipping sauce for chicken sticks (the kids LOVED it!), over catfish fillets, brushed on chicken on the grill, and on pork chops.
  • Simply pour over chicken or fish and bake!
  • It is great on pizza!
  • I'm gonna tell my Italian wife to use it with Mostacciolli and Lasagna!
  • On some succulent baby back ribs.
  • Chicken wings.
  • Spicy rice.
  • Chicken quesadillas.
  • Tropical Salsa Is a GREAT Crab dip!
  • Tropical Salsa is great on salads too!
  • Breakfast Burritos: egg, sausage, cheese, onions, peppers, sour cream and T.S. wrapped up in a burrito.

And here are some detailed testimonials:

  • "Oh boy! Tropical Salsa is one of my very favorite things in the world! I use it on pizza - it is so good with pizza! I spread it on when I cook chicken in the skillet or on the grill. I put it on sandwiches with breaded chicken fillets. I dip chicken into it! I use it with a vast variety of frozen foods, you know those dinners that need help! Especially Italian type foods."
  • "I use Tropical Salsa for a lot of cooking. I first brown chicken or pork chops or country style ribs, then put a little over a teaspoon on each piece (less for chicken), then add a little water and put in on simmer for about 20 minutes. Makes a great tasting meal very easily. Our guests claim I'm a great cook but the Tropical Salsa is the secret and it gives me an excuse to "advertise" my Watkins products right at my kitchen table. Another good thing about this way of using Tropical Salsa is that it's easy to adjust how spicy you want the dish to be."
  • "I just received my first big order and I would like to share one of the products that really caught my fancy, the tropical salsa is one of the best tasting salsas I have ever tasted... can't wait to put in another order so I never run out."
  • "Okay! I finally broke down and purchased some of the Tropical Salsa. In a hurry I baked a turkey loaf. Even though it is good by itself, I pulled out the bottle of Tropical Salsa we had just gotten that day. Michael poured some on his plate and started dipping the turkey in it. OMG, how wonderful it tasted. Makes me think of the Hawain dishes I have tried. Wonderful."


Sunday, September 14, 2008

Watkins Collectible Heritage Metal Tray Set of 5


One large and 4 smaller trays commemorating WATKINS 125th Anniversary.

WATKINS Collectible Silk Scarf

This scarf is made of 100% silk and measures 35" x 35". It has a black background and is adorned with several of WATKINS products in a colorful motif.


WATKINS Collectible 125th Anniversary Almanac

An interesting and informative compilation of Watkins history, household and home doctor hints, recipes old and new, product and Dealer testimonials coupled with weather folklore, anecdotes and illustrations from old Watkins almanacs (published from 1901 through 1948). 96 pages that include colored page insertions.


WATKINS Collectible Cutting Board Spaghetti Measure Set

Both items are made of wood, commemorating Watkins 125th Anniversary.


Watkins Collectible Heritage Coaster Set

Features 6 different Watkins delivery vehicles by years they were used (1868, 1911, 1912, 1927, 1928, and 1954). Coasters measure 3-1/2" DIA and made of metal with cork bottoms with metal storage container.


Watkins Collectible Don't Spoil the Pickles Soup Bowl




WATKINS Collectible J. R. Watkins Dollar Mug

Features J.R. Watkins portrait in the center with a dollar sign shaped handle. Commemorating Watkins 125th Anniversary, Issued 1993.


WATKINS Collectible Metal Pail Bucket w/Handle

Features Watkins logo and seal. This pail measures 9"Dia Top, 6-3/4"Dia Bottom and 7-1/4"H.


WATKINS Collectible Vintage Heart Shaped Fly Swatter

Features a wooden handle, metal twisted extension, and nylon mesh swatter with signature Watkins logo.


WATKINS Collectible 125th Anniversary Tin Canister Set


1993 WATKINS Collectible 125th Anniversary Tin Canister Set. These tins are NEW and have never been used. Each tin deplicts 3 different advertising scenes from that era.

Large Tin - 1903 WATKINS ALMANAC, 1914 WATKINS ALMANAC (Home Doctor & Cook Book), 1917 50th Anniversary WATKINS ALMANAC (Home Doctor & Cook Book). Measures 5-1/2"H x 4-1/4"W.

Medium Tin - 1913 WATKINS ALMANAC, The Home of WATKINS (Factory Poster), WATKINS Timely Suggestions Poster. Measures 5"H x 3-3/8"W.

Small Tin - WATKINS Vanilla Poster, WATKINS 1913 CALENDAR, 1918 WATKINS ALMANAC (Home Doctor and Cook Book). Measures 4-5/8"H x 3"W.

On the top of each tin is a picture of J.R Watkins with his signature and 1968-1993.



WATKINS Collectible J. R. Watkins Bear

Issued in 1998 this WATKINS Collectible 130th Anniversary J.R. Watkins Bear is all cotton-made from "People Clothes" remnants.


Watkins Collectible Brass Coaster Set w/Holder


Features a set of 6 coasters with the Watkins signature name embossed on each.

WATKINS Collectible Keepsake Cookbook - 1996


WATKINS Collectible Keepsake Cookbook - 1996 features 12 different sections in 113 pages:

  • Appetizers
  • Soups
  • Salads
  • Breads
  • Meats, Fish & Poultry
  • Main Dishes
  • Vegetables & Side Dishes
  • Pies & Cakes
  • Cookies & Bars
  • Desserts
  • Equivalents/Yields/Substitutions
  • A Guide To Using Watkins Herbs and Spices