"How to buy and cook meat: know the cut by the shape of the bone" Educational Posters (Swift Meats), 1956

Scope and content:

This includes seven posters in the form of a visual aid display used in meal planning, sponsoroed and created by Swift Meats in Chicago, Illinois. The educational demonstration posters specifically instruct in aiding housewives in discerning the different cuts of T-Bone, Rib, Wedge, Round, and Blade in Beef, Lamb, Veal, and Pork; as well as suggestions on dry cooking methods, moist heat roasting methods, and assorted appliances, and kitchen & outdoor barbecue grills on which to cook.

These were attributed to "Martha Logan," which was the pseudonym for Swift employee Beth Bailey McLean and her staff, who authored numerous publications, pamphlets, and pieces of culinary education as the Swift & Co. Home Economics Department.

Due to the condition of the original housing, the sheets have been removed and stored in an oversize folder.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
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Parent restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish material from Culinary Ephemera Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.