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Boiled Coffee

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

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From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. To one quart of boiling water (poured in after scalding the pot) stir in three gills of coffee, not ground too fine.
  2. Boil twenty minutes, scraping from the sides and stirring occasionally.
  3. Five minutes before breakfast, scrape from the spout, pour out half a teacupful, and return to the pot.
  4. Do this a second time.
  5. Set it with the side of the pot to the fire, so that it will be just at the boiling point.
  6. Do not let it boil, however.
  7. Serve in the same coffee-pot.
  8. Coffee should never be glazed.
  9. Have a liberal supply of thick, sweet cream, also of boiled milk, to serve with the coffee.
  10. If the members of the family drop in at intervals, it is well to keep the coffee over a round iron weight, heated just enough to keep the coffee hot, without boiling it.
  11. This answers better than a spirit lamp for keeping coffee hot.--Mrs.
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