Sarah Archer
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Podcast Appearances
That's fascinating.
Well, I have a couple things to show you.
Based on our adventures in Wacky Cake.
Because one of the things about it that you might remember is that it calls for only about five tablespoons of oil.
And so something that, you know, people who aren't scholars of World War II because they read the Mali books might not know is that during World War II, people were also instructed to collect oil
fat yes and donate it to wartime needs because it was it was useful i have a short produced by disney um that's going to explain it amazing wait okay first i'm showing you a poster so tell me what you see there okay i am seeing save waste fats for explosives take them to your meat dealer
There's a hand like a manicured hand holding a sort of cast iron skillet pouring what looks like rendered fat into an inferno from which it looks like bombs are exploding.
Basically, so from the kitchen to the battlefield, like in two easy steps, take them to your meat dealer.
That is that is an interesting command.
And then I sent you a link to the short and we're going to watch this together.
So out of the frying pan and into the firing line.
A Walt Disney production in Technicolor.
Distributed and exhibited under auspices of the war activities.