Woman delivers fat in a butcher, sent to the fat committee. At the counter, a poster: “housewives! Keep the remains of fat for explosives”
Housewives: Do not lay away the remains of fat. So asked the 1940s advertising in the US. Glycerin did the war, but patriotism much more.
“A bacon fat skillet is a small ammunition factory,” said Disney cartoons in World War II times in the US.
At a time when advertising was everywhere, even bacon was an American patriotic symbol-and who gave him to the state was a benefactor.
“Every year 900,000 tons of kitchen fat is wasted – enough fat to produce 4.5 billion artillery cartridges“The cartoon continued. And it wasn’t alone: several and ads disclosed the same.
It was believed at the time that half a kilo of fat contained glycerin enough to produce about half a kilo of explosives.
What did you have to do home owners? Donate fat. Yes, instead of throwing away the liquid that resulted from the making of one of Americans’ favorite ingredients, women should keep it in a container.
When they had accumulated at least half a kilo, they should deliver it to one of the 250,000 participating butters and meat traders, who delivered him in turn American fat recovery committeeremember the.
Of course, the contribution was mostly symbolic: the fat donated by about half of the housewives of the time they joined was residual for the production of weapons, but the patriotism of these women increased, who felt productive for the war effort.
