The Home Front Fasttrack to America's Past |
Originating Page |
Save that bacon grease! In the home, recycling included saving the bacon grease left after frying bacon on the kitchen stove. The fat recovered from the grease was processed into chemicals used in ammunition and some medicines. The photo on the right shows a woman in Washington, D.C. in 1943 as she saves the leftover bacon grease from the morning breakfast. |
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