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title: Get the Good... From Eggs
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-the-good-from-eggs-1942/
description: 'Home-economics chart no. 9 of a set of 10: photographs of eggs coddled in a pan, scrambled in a pot and a baked egg dish, with cooking rules beside each.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Get the Good... From Eggs, 1942 US poster: Home-economics chart no](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-the-good-from-eggs-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-the-good-from-eggs-1942.jpg)

# Get the Good... From Eggs

Home-economics chart no. 9 of a set of 10: photographs of eggs coddled in a pan, scrambled in a pot and a baked egg dish, with cooking rules beside each. The technique is faint: plain kitchen scenes, shown as everyday practice.

## 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

```
Get the Good...
FROM EGGS
"Coddle" your eggs in simmering water.
× Don't boil.... it makes the protein tough.
When you scramble eggs, go easy with the heat.
Stop cooking as soon as thickened.
Overcooked eggs "weep".
Bake fluffy egg dishes slowly.
Low heat lets air cells expand and set, so they won't collapse.
[emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM
9
BUREAU of HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE
[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-465074
```

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