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title: Save every drop of oil or fat
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-every-drop-of-oil-or-fat-1942/
description: 'Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 5: photographs of hands wrapping table fat and straining drippings into a jar.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Save every drop of oil or fat, 1942 US poster: Fight Food Waste in the home chart no](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-every-drop-of-oil-or-fat-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-every-drop-of-oil-or-fat-1942.jpg)

# Save every drop of oil or fat

Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 5: photographs of hands wrapping table fat and straining drippings into a jar, and a drawn glycerine refinery with fat drops marching toward it under the line Fats off to war. The tell is transfer: kitchen fat-saving is linked to the war effort through the marching drops.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SAVE EVERY DROP OF OIL OR FAT
• Put table fats in covered dish.
• Store in cold, dark place.... away from strong odors.
• Keep cooking fats in cool.... dry.... dark place.
• Strain fat drippings to remove food particles...store in clean jars.
× Don't let stand on back of stove.
[drawing label:] GLYCERINE REFINERY
FATS OFF TO WAR
[emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM
FIGHT FOOD WASTE in the home
BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
5
[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
```

[← If it'll save a second, it's a great idea - let's have it! Short cuts can shorten the war](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-a-second-great-idea-1942/) [Save Freedom of Speech: Buy War Bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-freedom-of-speech-owi-1942/)

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