This is actually a series of short segments on meat buying, made by the USDA and featuring a bland early 70s housewife who wears wonderfully outrageous early 70s housewife fashions. I love this sort of home economics thing, of course, though this is a little drier than most. Still, you would expect that from a government film, and its fun to groove on the housewifes changing fashions, the huge cuts of meat she caresses so lovingly, and the early American kitchen she inhabits. Dont forget to write for your free pamphlets on meat grading!
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: ****.

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.
- Your family will squeel with delight when you serve thjem Lamb chops for breakfast.
-Unwrapped meat stores REALLY well in the fridge.
-An 'economical' meat decision is a side of beef. (?!)
Even though this is hopelessly repetitive, This film is really enjoyable for the fashions and the dead air at the end of each segment. Highly reccomended viewing!