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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-867J (NAID 514369).
Text on the object
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
