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title: The Right Way to Cook Greens
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-right-way-to-cook-greens-1939/
description: A cooking-instruction poster showing a saucepan of shredded greens with arrows reading 'Lid on tightly to keep the steam in'.
section: Collection
---

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# The Right Way to Cook Greens

A cooking-instruction poster showing a saucepan of shredded greens with arrows reading 'Lid on tightly to keep the steam in', 'A cupful of boiling water' and 'Greens shredded before cooking', and a clock giving cooking time. It is practical instruction with no argument against any group; the only persuasive element is the framing 'The right way', an unqualified claim of correctness, which is why the closest technique tag is glittering-generalities.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
The right way
to cook greens

LID ON TIGHTLY
TO KEEP THE
STEAM IN

A CUPFUL OF
BOILING WATER OR
JUST ENOUGH TO
KEEP THE PAN
FROM BURNING

GREENS SHREDDED
BEFORE COOKING

Cook for 10 minutes, or 15
- if the greens are tough

[imprint:] 3452105  PRINTED FOR H.M.S.O. BY JOHNSON RIDDLE & CO., LTD. LONDON, S.E.20  51-3729
```

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