Get the Good... From Poultry
Home-economics chart no. 8 of a set of 10: three photographs of hands washing, roasting and simmering a bird, with short rules for each. The technique is faint: ordinary 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-867H (NAID 514368).
Text on the object
Get the Good... FROM POULTRY Wash quickly.... wipe dry. × Don't soak out the "good". Roast tender birds at moderate heat ( 300°- 350°F ) Simmer old birds until tender.... × Don't make them "hard boiled". [emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM 8 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
