Elsie the Borden Milk Cow

Borden’s milk had a gorgeous sidekick cartoon cow, Elsie. In the Midwest we had Elsie dolls, Elsie curtains, Elsie pins. I wanted Borden’s milk more than anything in the world. My cousin had it, because her parents bought it. My parents bought another brand of milk. Because it was two cents a year cheaper. I could tell the difference. I would not drink our cheap milk. I had been to my cousin’s house My aunt was evil and she made me drink their milk. It was tasty. I told my mother I would drink Borden’s. She insisted I could not tell the difference. She gave me a taste test. She told me I had chosen the cheap milk. I knew this was a lie. Thirty years later she told me I had chosen Borden’s. But they had to save that two cents.