To Make a Cereal Drink

It is very convenient to know how to make a cereal coffee, though if one’s time is worth much and a good coffee is to be obtained, it is cheaper to buy it. The following recipe is one that I have used for years and it is excellent. None of the whole grains equal bran for the drink.

1 qt. wheat bran pressed down lightly 1 pt. corn meal ½ cup hot water ⅔ cup nice-flavored dark molasses

Mix bran and corn meal and pour over them the molasses and hot water which have been combined. Rub all together with the hands until smooth; set in a warm oven and stir occasionally until well dried out, then increase the heat of the oven, stirring the mixture often; at the last have the oven very hot and stir almost constantly until cereal is a dark chestnut brown, which will take but a short time at the last. Remove from the oven and stir until cooled a little so that it will not brown more by its own heat, and put into a close covered can.

When preparing to serve, use ½-1 cup of the coffee to each quart of boiling water, let it just boil up and stand for 5 m. Different combinations of grains are browned and ground for drinks. Barley is much liked by some, rye by others. Carrot and celery roots dried and browned are good, and browned peas are excellent.