If you've ever sat around wistfully reminiscing about the good old-timey days when butcher shops and counters used to display the stripped, whole carcasses of freshly killed birds and beasties for human consumption and wondered why, oh why they no longer offer us this tempting visual smorgasbord--and, really, who hasn't?--this may be one of the reasons: a 1944 how-to pamphlet on creating artistic window and exhibit displays from bacon fat back. My reaction is a plain and simple eeew.
Written by Otto F. Fleiss--author, entrepreneur, meat lover--the full title is a powerful example of the snappy and succinct: White Art in the Meat Food Business. A Practical Handbook for Butcher, Pork Stores, Restaurants, Hotels and Delicatessens on How to Make Lasting and Transferable White Art Decorations out of Bacon Fat Back for Window Displays, Ornaments on Meat Food Cold Buffets and for Exhibits and Advertising Purposes. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?
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