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Percolated Coffee

From Boston Cooking-School cook book, 1896

Serves 1

If using electric percolator, remove connection 3 times to slow up process.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 1 to 3 tablespoons coffee
  • each cup water

Method

  1. Place coffee in strainer part of percolator.

  2. Add cold or boiling water.

  3. Set over heat and percolate gently for about 10 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

0Calories
0 gProtein
0 gCarbs
0 gFat

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Percolated Coffee or Filtered Coffee. 38 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK COFFEE FOR TWO Mix 1 cup ground coffee with 1 egg, slightly beaten, and crushed shell. To 14 of this amount add 4 cup cold water. Turn into a scalded coffeepot, add 1 pint boiling water and boil 3 minutes. Let stand over low heat 10 minutes. Keep remaining coffee and egg closely covered in refrigerator. FILTERED OR DRIP COFFEE Use 1 to 3 tablespoons coffee (finely ground) to each cup water

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