Farmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau 1977 Second Edition Ohio Cookbook

Farmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau is a 1977 second edition plastic comb-bound community cookbook compiled from recipes contributed by Hancock County Farm Bureau Women and printed by Hall-Beck Equipment Printing in Marion, Ohio.

This Ohio farm cookbook mixes named-contributor recipes with practical cooking information, poetry, farm philosophy, and community material.

The contents include breads, cakes and icings, candies, cookies and bars, desserts, meats and casseroles, pickling and preservation, pies and tarts, salads, sandwiches, soups, vegetables, soybeans, herbs and seasonings, and helpful hints. Recipes shown include Oatmeal Cake, Old Fashioned Spice Cake, Pecan Streusel Cake, Sunshine Cake, Strawberry Shortcake, and Haddon Hall Gingerbread, with the homemaker's name printed beneath many recipes.

Details

• Item: Community and Farm Bureau cookbook
• Title: Farmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau
• Author: Hancock County Farm Bureau Women, contributing recipe authors
• Illustrator: not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: not confirmed from photos; printed by Hall-Beck Equipment Printing, Marion, Ohio
• Publication Year: 1977
• Edition and Printing: Second Edition, printed October 1977
• Format and Binding: Softcover community cookbook with plastic comb binding
• Dust Jacket: None
• Pages: Unnumbered
• Genre: Community cooking and regional recipes
• Language: English
• ISBN: not confirmed from photos
• Dimensions: 9 inches x 6 inches x 3/4 inch

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: The cookbook remains intact and usable, with noticeable exterior aging and wear but a sound plastic comb binding and clearly readable recipe pages.
• The plastic comb binding shown in the photos is intact and continues to hold the covers and pages securely.
• The interior pages shown remain easy to read, and the named recipe contributors are clearly printed beneath their recipes.
• The cookbook retains its community material, recipe sections, helpful hints, and poetry along with the cooking content.

Issues / Wear

• The cream covers have overall yellowing and age toning, with darker wear along the edges and corners.
• The front and back covers show small edge nicks, corner wear, scattered marks, and surface discoloration from use and storage.
• Very minor spattering is noted on some interior pages. The photographed pages remain readable.

Collector's Notes

The cookbook states that proceeds were intended for Broken Arrow Camp for the Deaf in Ohio, and notes that profits from the first edition had already been presented to the camp. That fundraising history gives the book a strong connection to the community that produced it.

The named homemakers beneath the recipes make books like this especially interesting for regional cookbook collectors, family-history researchers, and cooks looking for recipes preserved outside commercial cookbooks.

This second edition is specifically dated October 1977, and its table of contents combines recipes with tributes to farmers, farm families, Hancock County, and the county seat of Findlay.

It is the kind of cookbook where the contributor names, local purpose, and odd little recipes can be every bit as interesting as deciding what to make for supper.

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