Eric brought this amazing link to my attention. Why he didn’t post it himself, since the meatblog is his project, I don’t know. (Probably because he knows I’ll do it for him. I’ve created a monster).

The Ptak Science Books blog has a post, “Art Made of Fat, Velvet Liberace and the Discovery of Bone” that details a surreal bit of art.

In the world of found book objects, few I think are as deeply removed and as deeply obscure as the work by Otto F. Fleiss called White Art in the Meat Food Business. A Practical Handbook for Butcher, Pork Stores, Restaurants, Hotels and Delicatessens on How to Make Lasting and Transferable White Art Decorations out of Bacon Fat Back for Window Displays, Ornaments on Meat Food Cold Buffets and for Exhibits and Advertising Purposes. Enrich yourself with Personal Knowledge.

The story of how they came upon this remarkable pamphlet and what it contains is certainly worth the read. The images they’ve posted from the pamphlet are themselves a thing of wonder.

I think I can speak for pretty much everyone at the meatblog when I ask, “what can possibly go wrong with this?” (insert your own sarcastic inflection, it’s early so it’ll cost you extra if I have to do it for you).

I was just perusing the website of EcoFriendly Foods, an esteemed local, humane, organic, drug and hormone-free family farm in Virginia that supplies meat to many of DC’s fussier restaurants. Meatblogger Eric recently bought a chicken from them at the Arlington Farmer’s Market. Verdict? Tasty. And tasted just like chicken, which is more than you can say for a lot of chicken these days.
I’d advise not checking out their flickr group unless you enjoy imagery of meat in very fresh form. This is a meatblog, so I guess if you didn’t like those things you wouldn’t be here….