Pssst...hey, want some pepper?

Tired of selling chocolate bars to support your cub scout pack or softball team? Have I got a suggestion for you! The hottest idea in years!

"At last there IS a way for civic and ladies’ groups to raise substantial amounts of money—quickly—and with little effort. It’s simply a matter of showing M-K Pure Black Pepper to people…and let them take a “whiff” of the fragrant, man-size aroma. That tells the story far better than any sales talk could. For here’s a pepper that is truly different—one that gives you a smile, never a sneeze!"

Imagine the pepper display box set up near the coffee maker at work. People won’t be able to resist. Rapid market saturation, you say? Perhaps if it was regular pepper, but once they take a whiff, they’ll be wanting one more and more often. Don’t be surprised if you run into your co-worker in the bathroom, prepping for that awful meeting, with a line or two of M-K’s finest. You’ll be the most popular person on your block, people will stop by to see you at all hours. What’s that black cloud hovering around you? It’s the man-sized aroma that follows you from place to place as the new neighborhood dealer of the world’s finest pepper.

Can we interest you in some woman-sized wasabi? How about some toy poodle-sized paprika?

The Workbasket from February, 1957.