Firehouse coffee perfection:
Prepare immediately after crew leaves station to fight a fire (protest or legitimate) on a freezing cold night.
1 large can of ground coffee. Cheapest blend you can find.
1 old pillow case
2-feet dental floss
1 30-gallon trash can
1 propane fired single boiler cooker - as made for frying turkeys
1 gas lighter - why risk your fingers with a match?
6 broken quahog shells
28 gallons tap water
Put the whole can of coffee, 2-3 pounds - either works, in the pillow sack.
Tie it shut with dental floss.
Put the water in the trash can.
Put the can on the boiler and let 'er tip.
Sprinkle in the broken shells
Optional: Handful of salt. Nothing fancy. Go for cheap
Boil until the crew returns.
Dip into heavy pottery mugs. Don't use paper or plastic. They can't take it.
Everybody will love it.
Anyone who doesn't is an ingrate and must be pushed out into the snow.
Do not eat the quahog shell fragments. They can be saved for garden mulch.
Nice earthy colour.
Oh, throw out the pillow sack. Makes bitter coffee if reused.
