Coffee for Fairs and Sociables

Ingredients

• one pound of ground coffee
• one-half ounce
• one cup for each person

Method

1. 1

   Place ground coffee in bags, not more than a pound each, and put into the boiler with cold water.

2. 2

   Cover closely, heat slowly, and allow to boil for about ten minutes.

3. 3

   Keep hot but not boiling, and dip out into hot pitchers as desired.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home science cook book (1902) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee for Fairs and Sociables. On account of the difficulty in straining a large quantity, the ground coffee is usually placed in bags, not more than a pound in each, and put into the boiler with cold water. Then it is covered closely, heated slowly, and al- lowed to boil about ten minutes. It should then be kept hot, but not boiling, and be dipped out into hot pitchers as desired. By allowing one-half ounce, or one rounded tablespoon, for each half-pint cup of water, and one cup for each person, one can easily compute the amount required for any number of peo- ple. At this rate, one pound of coffee, or thirty-two half ounces, would make thirty-two half-pint cups, or eight quarts, and would be sufficient for about thirty persons. One pound of ground coffee

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