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A historical recipe from The Community Cook Book, by Anonymous (1914).

A historical recipe

The Community Cook Book, by Anonymous (1914). Project Gutenberg eBook #24387.

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

Source and licence

From The Community Cook Book, by Anonymous (1914). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24387 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24387). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Use one tablespoonful of coffee to a cup, and one for the pot.
  2. Moisten with cold water and mix well with the white of egg.
  3. Make with boiling water and boil five minutes.
  4. Then let it stand in a hot place ten minutes.
  5. Do not simmer--merely keep hot.