SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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coffee for breakfast, no matter what other items of the 
menu may be varied. It should be served only to the 
grown-up members of the family. Coffee of average 
strength is made as follows : 
One-half cup coffee finely ground, 4 cups cold water, 
2 eggshells. 
Mix the coffee, the crushed eggshell, and cupful 
of cold water in a scalded coffee pot. Add the remain- 
der of the water and allow the mixture to come gradu- 
ally to the boiling point. Boil 3 minutes. Draw to the 
back of the range and keep hot for 5 minutes. Add 
cupful of cold water and let stand 1 minute to settle. 
Strain into a heated coffee pot in which the coffee is 
to be served at the table. 
A method for making coffee used by the guides in 
the White Mountains is as. follows: 
Boil the water in an ordinary pail, remove the pail 
from the fire, pour the dry coffee gently on the top of 
the water, cover tightly and move it near the fire where 
it will keep warm but will not boil again. In about 
thirty minutes the coffee will have become moistened 
and sunk to the bottom of the pail. If the coffee is slow 
in becoming moist, time may be saved by removing the 
cover for a moment and pressing gently with a spoon 
on the top of the coffee, but the mixture must not be 
stirred. It is essential that the water be boiling when 
the coffee is added, that the cover be absolutely tight, 
and that the coffee be kept hot without boiling. Half 
a cup of coffee to four cups of water makes coffee of 
average strength. 
Milk — The little children of the family should have 
whole milk at every meal. The older children should 
have milk at breakfast and supper time. There is no 
food so good for children who want to be well and 
strong. A part of the family supply of milk is some- 
