Thanksgiving Dinner - Borden's Food Fest

The Borden's Food Fest featuring corned beef ring...oh yum...and Hemo... What the hell kind of food fest is this anyway?

Thanksgiving Dinner - The Borden's Cheese Board

I have to say if an anthropomorphic Elsie offered me a selection from her cheese tray, I'd have to think twice. Borden's was splitting the difference between holidays with this ad that aired in November of 1950. They mention "feast" while showing pine boughs and ornaments.

I also noticed the tray down in the lower right corner features Liederkranz cheese. For those of you who don't know, this is the American version of Limburger cheese. It was created in 1891 by by Emil Frey who would go on to create Velveeta, that staple of American cuisine and hardener of arteries all around the world.

Thanksgiving Dinner - More Mince Meat

There's something wrong about cows shilling mince meat, but I did like the tagline "How much do parents owe their children?" Apparently Borden's Elsie the Cow had a fractious family life we never knew about. Every time I see one of these ads, I think about the Honeymooners - and that's probably not an accident.