Egg Coffee

This is the original, old fashioned coffee that John and Tuttie Willison made for many years at St. Joseph Church, Milford, Iowa.You'll need a large enamelware coffee pot.

Yield:

18 cups

Quantity	Unit	Ingredient
18	cups	water
1		egg	beaten
		egg shells
1.25	cups	ground coffee
	dash	salt
1	cup	cold water

Bring 18 cups water to boil in enamelware coffee pot.

Combine egg, coffee and salt in a bowl. Add to boiling water in coffee pot and boil for 10 minutes.

Turn off heat and add 1 cup cold water, all at once. Coffee grounds will separate out and sink to the bottom.