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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · March 10, 2022 · P5

Copyright 2022, the world. You could choose to the 1950’s, I was awakened, one would gather around the
Jerry Crownover
drink your coffee from a Sty- each day, to the sweet aroma kitchen table, to consume gen-
rofoam cup, a paper version of our one and only choice for erous portions of eggs, bacon,
(new or recycled), a plastic coffee—Folgers. It came in biscuits and gravy. Everyone,
mug that you brought from a metal can, that had to be except my father, would have
home, or a fancy, thirty-dol- unsealed with a mechanical fresh milk to drink with their
lar porcelain or metallic de- opener; said can would usu- meal. Dad would have a boil-
vice, that is guaranteed to ally last several weeks, before ing hot cup of coffee, served in
keep your five-dollar coffee beginning its second life as a cup, with a very deep dish
just as warm, for your eve- a feed scoop, flower vase, or saucer underneath it. I can
ning trip back home, as it was holder of various important still remember him carefully
that morning. What you won’t items, from fence staples to tipping the cup of coffee to one
find, at any of these above Grandma’s stash of cash. side, to watch the saucer slow-
mentioned places, is a saucer. Our day would begin a lit- ly fill with the steaming hot
Growing up on a farm, in tle before daylight, and every-
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Research tells us that the
average American commut-
er, on their way to work each A STEP AH E AD
day, passes by 14 locations,
from which they could pur-
chase coffee. This would in- THE ADVANTAGE
clude convenience stores, fast
food franchises, restaurants/
cafes, and Starbucks or Star-
bucks-like places. The person Y O U C A N TRU S T
would have the option of se-
lecting one of 79 flavors of
coffee, for which the majority
have been imported from 25
different countries around

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