Thanks to 4-H cooks

Cat Campbell/For The Madera Tribune

This cookbook has been used a lot during the last 36 years, as evidenced by all the smudges and creases. We were a 4-H family and enjoyed it very much.

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There is a cookbook, one of those spiral bound fundraiser types, that I use quite often. It is called, California Cooking: Favorite Recipes of 4-H Families.

I bought it March 10, 1990, during Madera County Demonstration Day held at the Madera Fairgrounds. My oldest son, Matt, was in the horse project, cooking and forestry, as well as being club reporter and performing karate demonstrations. I was a leader in all of those, back when North Fork had a 4-H Club.

I noticed that I have more hand-written notations in the cookbook’s margins than in any other cookbook in my collection. All the notes indicated a very good rating, with very few changes made.