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title: Cooked meat, poultry, and fish
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cooked-meat-poultry-and-fish-1942/
description: 'Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 4: a woman places dishes in a refrigerator, with photographs of broth being poured into a jar and meat being cut'
section: Collection
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[![Cooked meat, poultry, and fish, 1942 US poster: Fight Food Waste in the home chart no](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cooked-meat-poultry-and-fish-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cooked-meat-poultry-and-fish-1942.jpg)

# Cooked meat, poultry, and fish

Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 4: a woman places dishes in a refrigerator, with photographs of broth being poured into a jar and meat being cut for salad. The technique is faint: ordinary women in home kitchens stand for everyday practice, and the text warns that food left standing is a hunting ground for bacteria.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
COOKED MEAT, POULTRY, and FISH
• Cool cooked meats quickly.
• Cover well.
• Keep cold.
• Pour soup, broth or stew into jar.... cool quickly.... cover.... keep cold.
• Left standing in the kitchen it makes a 'Happy Hunting Ground' for bacteria.
• Cut meats for salad and sandwiches just before using.
• Meat spreads and salads should be kept very cold until served.
[emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM
FIGHT FOOD WASTE in the home
BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
4
[imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 25c per set of 10 charts
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-465386
```

[← Conservation farming increases yields now!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/conservation-farming-increases-yields-now-1942/) [Cooperating with War Production Board: Scrap Producer →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cooperating-with-wpb-scrap-producer-1942/)

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