Synopsis
Kinescope. Presents a U. S. Department of Agriculture's consumer meat specialist who gives valuable tips on buying and preparing meat by using the USDA grades of quality.
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Details
- Running time
- 5 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · This video almost makes me physically ill. · Knopi · 2020-05-01
This video is endemic for the entropy of the United States on the whole. We once had an amazing beef industry that wasn't pressured and controlled by big box corporate retailers, who have completely eliminated professionally trained butchers. In doing so, we have eliminated well paying, professionally trained jobs for a low wage, no skill workforce. Of course, this effects the quality of the product, and the quality of life for both workers and consumers. There is virtually no beef being broken at the retail level, with the exception of 'meat cutters' (check the want ads), that deal with…
★★★★ · Where's your apron lady? · Spuzz · 2015-07-16
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that I just fall over my feet whenever there's a film about food to be discovered. With a title like 'How To Buy Meat', how can you not resist. This 'film', actually a series of 4 minute vignettes, features a lady dressed to the nines in the fashions of the day (but not wearing an apron??!) fondling meat and telling us the many different types of cuts and grades you can get. She mentions many things.. - Always handle meat with tongs.. even though she's been touching it all over with her pointer (pencil?) and her very well polished fingernails. Even…