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French or Drip Coffee

A historical recipe from The New Dr. Price Cookbook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1921).

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A historical recipe

The New Dr. Price Cookbook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1921). Project Gutenberg eBook #13669.

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

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 4 cups boiling water Put coffee
  2. a cup at a time

Method

  1. 6 tablespoons finely ground coffee 4 cups boiling water Put coffee in fine strainer of coffee pot.
  2. Keep over hot water or on back of range but do not boil.
  3. Pour boiling water slowly over coffee, about one-quarter of a cup at a time, keeping pot covered between each addition of water.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The New Dr. Price Cookbook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1921). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #13669 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13669). 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.