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

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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 Public domain in the USA
Credit

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.

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.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. One cup ground coffee
  2. seven cups cold water
  3. one-half cup of the cold water

Method

  1. One cup ground coffee, seven cups cold water, one-fourth an egg.
  2. Scald granite-ware pot, dilute the egg with one-half cup of the cold water, stir into the coffee and mix thoroughly.
  3. Add the rest of the water and bring to a boil slowly.
  4. Remove to back of stove, add one tablespoonful of cold water, and allow it to stand a few minutes.

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