I am looking for a paperback book of humorous anecdotes published in the late 1960s; the book was possibly intended for a young teen or young adult audience. One of the stories was “How to Cook a Coot.” I read it as a Boy Scout about 1969 or 1970.
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Noodles, Nitwits, and Numskulls by Maria Leach includes this story.
Perhaps
Noodles, nitwits, and numskulls
Author: Maria Leach; Kurt Werth
Publisher: Cleveland : World Pub. Co., [1961]
Brief silly stories, jokes and riddles from the folklore of many lands.
Including How to cook a coot.