The Electric Bean Chemical Co.'s Calendar and Household Recipe Book for 1911. Also, Funnygrams, Etc. is an advertising cookbook for the Electric Bean Chemical Company, published in 1911. This book contains a variety of recipes that accompany a monthly calendar and helpful information to treat a range of common illnesses. The book also features many customer reviews and testimonials for the company’s products, Electric Beans and Electro Balm. This cookbook is quite thin and thirty-two pages long, appears easy to transport and keep, and is to be used as a calendar. Throughout the cookbook, there are testimonials and blurbs about the effectiveness of Electric Beans or Electro Balm and how they have cured consumers of a wide variety of illnesses ranging from fatigue to eczema to ringworm. Furthermore, it includes cures for other conditions of the stomach, treatments for cattle, and cough mixtures. Other pages include advice for rotating crops, their weights per bushel, and methods for mowing and harvesting. The recipes are quite short in order to fit several on a single page and very simple with the instructions only spanning a few sentences. The recipes reflect the months they are associated with and the holidays that accompany them. Finally, the funnygrams are included as entertainment, mostly appearing at the back of the book and include many poems and quips to be read out loud.