Sock coffee

[hotwine]

Don't know how many of you have had the privilege of makin' this stuff, but it's real simple: a fistfull of grounds thrown into a bootsock, tied off with a knot, and allowed to steep in a steel helmet of boiling water over an open fire. I always tried to use a clean sock, but sometimes that wasn't possible, so the coffee would be infused wth that unique aroma and flavor of athlete's foot.

Tried a 1999 Domaine des Cedres CdR this evening, and P-yew! The nose of brett was overwhelming! No fruit, no alcohol, just a nosefull of funk! It blew off over the next hour, exposing a very pleasant bed of lush fruit, showing a rich body and yielding to a quite pleasing finish. But the first image that came to mind was one of sock coffee made with a very well-seasoned sock. If you try this one, be patient - it does get better. On sale for $7.99 from what my retailer claimed was his normal $12.99.

BTW, I rarely make sock coffee any more... only when afield hunting or fishing, or cooking with the BBQ trailer away from home. With the pit, it's easy to place a campfire-style coffee pot on the firebox and make up a pot in no time. But I always manage to find a clean sock for that trick these days!

[Bucko]

Well this certainly explains a lot..... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[winoweenie]

Like the dark-brown stains on the soles of his feets? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] WW

[This message has been edited by winoweenie (edited 09-22-2001).]

[Bucko]

Nah, that setup is too easy......he, he

[mrdutton]

Nonetheless, I sure wouldn't want to drink that coffee........ even if the socks were clean!

[hotwine]

C'mon, now! Where's your sense of adventure? I did boil the water, afterall.....

[Bucko]

The helmet can double as a urinal BTW.

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[mrdutton]

And as a sink if you could find the time to wash the face and shave....... funny how much protectin' that steel helmet really provided.

[hotwine]

I shaved in it frequently and tried to wash laundry in it, but it's a bit small for that. Never did pee in it; we used artillery canisters stuck in sand as pisstubes on the LZ, and when in the field, who cared? Finally bought a plastic bowl in the ville and used that for laundry and shaving; lost the first one to shrapnel and had to get another. The ol' steel pot was pretty useful, at everything but stayin' on your head when movin' fast. Got nicked in the scalp once, when it went flyin' as a mortar round impacted close by; might have done some damage if the frag had hit anything but the ol' stone head. Good grief! Sorry I opened up this bag of ghosts.

[winoweenie]

An' iffin' the ground be wet, a handy portable stool. WW

[hotwine]

Yup, and soup mixin' bowl. And bathtub.

[Bucko]

The bad comes when you are so tired that you do all of the uses at once......

[hotwine]

True, true. Or water is so tightly rationed that you can't spare enough to wash it thoroughly. Got down to two quarts per man per day in Feb '68 outside Hue', and quit washin' and shavin'and bathin' for 2 1/2 weeks.

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