Coffee

[Warpy]

11. OK, here is my French granny's method

She'd say "C'mon in, I'll fry ya a cuppa coffee" and she wasn't kidding. A&P's standard just wasn't roasted dark enough, so she'd use a heaping 2 Tbs measure into a dry frying pan and roast the grounds until they wee nearly black. Then she'd make the coffee as usual, which in the 1950s meant a percolator. Most people had a little of her coffee with their milk and it was said it would remove the silver plating off the spoon if you didn't stir it quickly and rescue the spoon.

However, it was her taste, dark roasted and strong and I never heard a complaint that it was bad coffee, just unusual for the time. It would probably compare favorably with anything at Starbucks, I understand they use a lot of French roast in their own mix.