This section is from the book "Lowney's Cook Book", by Maria Willett Howard. Also available from Amazon: Lowney's Cook Book.
1 cup freshly ground coffee 1 cup cold water.
1 whole egg or one egg white 6 cups boiling water.
Mix coffee, egg and one half cup cold water, add boiling water, boil hard five minutes. Set on back part of range, add other half cup of cold water, let stand five minutes, and serve with hot milk, cream and sugar.
Use rule for Boiled Coffee, using six cups cold water instead of boiling water.
1 cup coffee 6 cups cold water.
Put coffee in cheese cloth bag. Tie, allowing room for coffee to swell. Place in scalded coffee pot, cover with cold water, and boil ten minutes. Remove bag, let stand two minutes on back of range, and serve with hot milk, sugar and cream.
1 cup very finely ground or 6 cups boiling water.
Powdered coffee.
Place coffee in strainer, add boiling water gradually, and refilter, if liked very strong.
Add hot milk to black coffee, flavor with vanilla, and sweeten to taste. Chill; serve in glasses with a tablespoon of chopped ice in each glass.
Allow two tablespoons of coffee for each cup of boiling water. Always make in French coffee pot.
1 cup coffe.
½ ounce chicory.
1 egg slightly beaten 4 cups boiling water.
¼ cup cold water.
Mix coffee, chicory, egg and cold water, add boiling water and boil five minutes; let stand five minutes on back of range where it will keep hot. Serve without sugar or cream.
These same ingredients may be used in the French coffee pot, and the liquid may be poured through the coffee until the required strength is obtained.
 
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