Breakfast in the Oven
Ingredients
Directions
Grind coffee finely and place it in a cheesecloth bag.
Pour the desired amount of cold water into a block-tin coffee pot.
Put the coffee bag into the pot and place it in a preheated oven.
Arrange sausages on a grill or place meat stew in a jar.
Put oatmeal or farina in a double boiler at the bottom of the oven.
Place a half-inch wick lamp underneath and leave overnight.
In the morning, enjoy a ready breakfast.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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