Economical Fruit Cake. — One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar,
two cups of raisins, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda; spices to suit
the taste; citron, if you choose✪ Economical Fruit Cake.
COFFEE, TEA AND BEVERAGES.
The most important thing for a breakfast is coffee. With a cup
of coffee and a piece of dry toast one can manage to get through
the morning until luncheon time. To many, coffee is as meat
and drink. Pope, who was very fond of coffee, was in the habit of
calling up his servant in the middle of the night to prepare it for
him ; he couldn't wait for morning to come. In those days it was
the custom — and it was not a bad one, either — to grind and make the
coffee at the table.
Tea and coffee both excite the activity of the brain and nerves.
Tea, it is said, increases the power of digesting the impressions we
have received, creates a thorough meditation, and, in spite of the
movements of thoughts, permits the attention to be fixed upon a cer-
tain subject. On the other hand, if tea is taken in excess, it causes
an increased irritability of the nerves, characterized by sleeplessness,
with a general feeling of restlessness and trembling of the limbs.
Coffee, also, if taken in excess, produces sleeplessness and many
baneful effects, very similar to those arising from tea-drinking.
Coffee. — To have coffee in perfection, it should be roasted and
ground just before it is used, and more should not be ground at a
time than is wanted for immediate use, or if it be necessary to grind
more, it should be kept closed from the air. Coffee readily imbibes
exhalations from other substances, and thus often acquires a bad
flavor; brown sugar placed near it will communicate a disagreeable
flavor.
To Roast Coffee (a French recipe). — It being an acknowledged fact
538 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
that the best French coffee is decidedly superior to that made here,
and as the roasting of the berry is of great importance to the flavor
of the preparation, it will be useful and interesting to know how they
manage these things in France. In Paris there are two houses
justly celebrated for the flavor of their coffee — La Maison Corcellet
and La Maison Royer de Chartres ; and to obtain this flavor, before
roasting they add to every three pounds of coffee a piece of butter
the size of a nut, and a dessertspoonful of powdered sugar✪ To Roast Coffee; it is then
roasted in the usual manner. The addition of the butter and sugar
develops the flavor and aroma of the berry; but it must be borne in
mind that the quality of the butter must be of the very best de-
scription.
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Economical Fruit Cake. — One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, two cups of raisins, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda; spices to suit the taste; citron, if you choose.
COFFEE, TEA AND BEVERAGES.
The most important thing for a breakfast is coffee. With a cup of coffee and a piece of dry toast one can manage to get through the morning until luncheon time. To many, coffee is as meat and drink. Pope, who was very fond of coffee, was in the habit of calling up his servant in the middle of the night to prepare it for him ; he couldn't wait for morning to come. In those days it was the custom — and it was not a bad one, either — to grind and make the coffee at the table.
Tea and coffee both excite the activity of the brain and nerves. Tea, it is said, increases the power of digesting the impressions we have received, creates a thorough meditation, and, in spite of the movements of thoughts, permits the attention to be fixed upon a certain subject. On the other hand, if tea is taken in excess, it causes an increased irritability of the nerves, characterized by sleeplessness, with a general feeling of restlessness and trembling of the limbs. Coffee, also, if taken in excess, produces sleeplessness and many baneful effects, very similar to those arising from tea-drinking.
Coffee. — To have coffee in perfection, it should be roasted and ground just before it is used, and more should not be ground at a time than is wanted for immediate use, or if it be necessary to grind more, it should be kept closed from the air. Coffee readily imbibes exhalations from other substances, and thus often acquires a bad flavor; brown sugar placed near it will communicate a disagreeable flavor.
To Roast Coffee (a French recipe). — It being an acknowledged fact
538 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
that the best French coffee is decidedly superior to that made here, and as the roasting of the berry is of great importance to the flavor of the preparation, it will be useful and interesting to know how they manage these things in France. In Paris there are two houses justly celebrated for the flavor of their coffee — La Maison Corcellet and La Maison Royer de Chartres ; and to obtain this flavor, before roasting they add to every three pounds of coffee a piece of butter the size of a nut, and a dessertspoonful of powdered sugar; it is then roasted in the usual manner. The addition of the butter and sugar develops the flavor and aroma of the berry; but it must be borne in mind that the quality of the butter must be of the very best description.
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