Beverages

"May the joys of today be those of tomorrow, The gollet of life holds no days of sorrow."

—Foreman.

BOILED COFFEE

Measure coffee, which should be ground medium, allowing 2 tb. for each cup of cold water. Add to the grounds 1/2 Cup of the cold water, a little of the white of 1 egg and crushed egg shell. Turn into coffee pot, pour in rest of cold water and boil 3 minutes. Let stand on the back of the stove for ten minutes and serve.

PERCOLATED COFFEE

Place grounds (medium ground) in proper compartment, allowing 2 tb. for each cup of boiling water. Pour boiling water in proper amount in bottom of percolator and let percolate about seven minutes. Remove strainer with grounds and serve.

DRIP COFFEE

Have coffee pot hot before making the coffee. For drip coffee the coffee should be ground exceedingly fine. Place grounds in the proper compartment, allowing 2 tb. for each cup of boiling water. Pour boiling water over grounds and allow to drip through. Remove the coffee grounds container, cover pot and serve at once. In case cloth bag is used for grounds, let bag stand in cold water each time after washing.

TEA

Scald teapot with boiling water. Add tea, allowing 2 t. tea or 1 or 2 tea bags for each pint of boiling water, and pour over it the boiling water. Let stand where it will keep warm from three to five minutes.

BREAKFAST COCOA

Mix 1 heaping t. cocoa and 1 of sugar and a few grains of salt, add little hot water and let boil 5 min., add milk and heat to boiling point. Serve with generous spoon of Marshmallow creme. Mrs. W. T. Aschinger.

VANILLA MILK SHAKE

One cup milk, 2 t. sugar, 1/4 t. vanilla. Shake well and serve at once.

EGGNOG

Beat one egg well, add 1/4 tb. sugar and beat again, add 3/4 c. milk or cream, 1/2 t. vanilla and a little nutmeg. Beat all thoroughly and serve very cold in glass. This serves one.

Fruit Eggnog can be made the same way, using the one egg, 2 tb. sugar, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup chopped ice and 2 tb. fruit juice.

BERRY JUICE

Berry juices are delicious for fruit punches and are easily made. Just warm the berries slovly and press out the juice. Add one cupful of sugar to each quart of juice, bring to a boil, pour quickly into jars or bottles and seal.

Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, are all good and a combination of currants and raspberries is delicious.