Excerpt from Directions for Cooking by Troops: In Camp and Hospital Put 12 gallons water into a suitable vessel (or divide if necessary), on the fire; when boiling, add 3 lbs. Ground coffee mix well with a spoon leave on the fire, a few minutes longer; take it Off, and pour in a gal lon cold water; let it stand till the dregs subside, say from 5 to 10 minutes: then pour off, and add 6 lbs. Sugar. If milk is used, put in 12 pints, and diminish the water by that amount. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.