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title: Get the Good... From Fats
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-the-good-from-fats-1942/
description: 'Home-economics chart no. 10 of a set of 10: photographs of bacon frying, pieces browning in a skillet and butter melting over hot water.'
section: Collection
---

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

# Get the Good... From Fats

Home-economics chart no. 10 of a set of 10: photographs of bacon frying, pieces browning in a skillet and butter melting over hot water, with cooking rules. 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 FATS
Keep heat moderate....
× Don't let fat smoke and burn.... Burned fat is harder to digest.
When frying in deep or shallow fat, brown lightly.
Melt butter or other table fats over hot water for sauce.
× Don't let bubble and boil.... the vitamins can't take it.
10
BUREAU of HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE
[emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM
[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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