{"product_id":"farmfolk-favorites-hancock-county-1977","title":"Farmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau 1977 Second Edition Ohio Cookbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Ohio farm cookbook mixes named-contributor recipes with practical cooking information, poetry, farm philosophy, and community material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-community-cookbooks\" title=\"Community and Farm Bureau cookbook\"\u003eCommunity and Farm Bureau cookbook\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farmfolk Favorites of Hancock County Farm Bureau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hancock County Farm Bureau Women, contributing recipe authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e not confirmed from photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e not confirmed from photos; printed by Hall-Beck Equipment Printing, Marion, Ohio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1977\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second Edition, printed October 1977\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover community cookbook with plastic comb binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unnumbered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Community cooking and regional recipes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e not confirmed from photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9 inches x 6 inches x 3\/4 inch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e The cookbook remains intact and usable, with noticeable exterior aging and wear but a sound plastic comb binding and clearly readable recipe pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe plastic comb binding shown in the photos is intact and continues to hold the covers and pages securely.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe interior pages shown remain easy to read, and the named recipe contributors are clearly printed beneath their recipes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cookbook retains its community material, recipe sections, helpful hints, and poetry along with the cooking content.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cream covers have overall yellowing and age toning, with darker wear along the edges and corners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe front and back covers show small edge nicks, corner wear, scattered marks, and surface discoloration from use and storage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVery minor spattering is noted on some interior pages. The photographed pages remain readable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCollector's Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping + Trust (Reading Vintage standards)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/pages\/shipping-policy\" title=\"photo verified condition.\"\u003ePhoto-verified condition\u003c\/a\u003e, no surprises\u003cbr\u003e2. 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