What happens when a proud old trail cook runs out of time and reaches for a can of store-bought biscuits?
He expects groans, complaints, and maybe a little good-natured ribbing from the cowboys around the campfire. Instead, he gets something far worse...
Compliments.
In this lighthearted Cowboy Canto, Jason Curtman shares the tale of a chuckwagon cook whose greatest embarrassment wasn’t that he took a shortcut—it was discovering everyone liked it.
Filled with cowboy humor, campfire charm, and a lesson that reaches far beyond the trail, The Biscuits Nobody Was Supposed To Like reminds us that sometimes our greatest struggle isn’t taking the shortcut. It’s accepting that the shortcut accomplished exactly what needed to be done.
Moral: Sometimes we take shortcuts because time demands it, and we’re surprised by how well others receive the work. The hardest part isn’t taking the shortcut... it’s accepting that sometimes the shortcut works just fine.
Cowboy Cantos is a Liberty Heritage Radio production, where every poem carries a smile, a story, and a little wisdom from the Old West. For more Cowboy poetry and stories, visit CowboyCantos.com and LibertyHeritageRadio.com.
