WARRENVILLE, S.C. — For all the Internet buzz surrounding GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul, his South Carolina supporters are eager to get their hands on campaign literature that’s decidedly old-fashioned: the Ron Paul Family Cookbook.

Associated Press Ron Paul and his wife, Carol, arrive by plane for a campaign stop at the Grand Strand Airport in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/The Sun News, Steve Jessmore)

“I saw there was Oreo cake in there and I was like, ‘Hell yes!’” said Tom Utley, a Charleston resident and software company product manager, who tucked a cookbook under his jacket at a Paul rally in North Charleston on Friday.

One part Christmas card from the extended Paul clan (“Oldest son Matt continues to enjoy his role as assistant principal at Rasco Middle School”) one part family history written by Ron Paul’s wife, Carol, and one part recipe compilation, the 28-page booklet features such dishes as “Razzle Bo-Dazzle Pork Tenderloin,” cherry-pineapple dump cake and the Texas congressman’s favorite, chocolate-chip cookies.

“It’s an old recipe given to me by my house mother from college,” Mrs. Paul said in a brief interview Friday. The family published the cookbook “to let people know we were real people,” said Mrs. Paul, who is known to pass out copies stashed in her purse. Supporters on the campaign trail have told her they especially enjoy the shrimp casserole, she said, “because they can make it ahead, put it in the fridge and cook it when their family is ready to eat.”…