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Printed recipe cloth — "Picadillo a la Habanera" (Federación de Mujeres Cubanas)

Object/Artifact

A rectangular printed cotton kitchen cloth (tea towel / paño) with a green border framing a white field, screen-printed in color with the recipe "Picadillo a la Habanera" set as an illustrated rebus — small pictures stand in for ingredients and utensils (onion, cow for beef, fork, salt/pepper shakers lettered "S" and "P," measuring cups, canned and fresh tomato, stove flame, grapes for raisins, olives, potatoes, oil can, and a cube for "cut in cubes"). Credited at lower right. Edges raw/cut and lightly frayed.

Printed recipe cloth — "Picadillo a la Habanera" (Federación de Mujeres Cubanas) Printed recipe cloth — "Picadillo a la Habanera" (Federación de Mujeres Cubanas)

2025.21.1

2025.21

Sebastián Elizondo

Gift

FMC

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

Maker: Issued by/for the Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC), Cuba's women's mass organization (founded 1960). Printer not identified. Date: Undated. Postdates the FMC's 1960 founding; the print style suggests the 1970s–80s, so a date within 1959–1990 is plausible but unconfirmed. Tentative.

Title: "Picadillo a la Habanera" Recipe (rebus), reading approximately: Se fríe en aceite una [cebolla] grande y se le agrega 1½ libra de carne de [res] molida, revolviendo seguido con el [tenedor]. Se sazona con [sal "S"] y [pimienta "P"]. Se le agrega ½ [taza] de puré de [tomate] o bien 2 [tomates] grandes maduros pelados. Cocinar a [fuego] lento para que quede jugoso. Añadir ½ [taza] de pasas de [uvas] y ½ [taza] de aceitunas. Al final, agregarle 3 [papas] grandes cortadas en [cuadritos] y fritas en [aceite]. Credit: "FEDERACION DE MUJERES CUBANAS (FMC) Cuba"

Materials: Cotton (or cotton-blend) fabric; screen-printed inks. Technique: Multicolor screen-printed textile; raw-cut edges.

Good

FMC

producer