Welcome to the “My Place” page
 My name is Scott
I run the Rope and Wire website.
My original idea for this page was to give those living in the country the opportunity to tell others about the things that made their farm or ranch so special.
Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that either no one likes to brag or no one lives on a farm or a ranch. Whatever the case, no one submitted an article so I felt it was high time to try something different.
So for now this will be literally “My Place.” I’ll use this page to post a western blog or short articles. They will either be mine, or possibly one from a contributing R&W community member.
The theme will remain Western but the content will change weekly, or there about.
If you click on any of the links to past blog's, you can return to this page by clicking on the My Place button across from my picture.
I hope you enjoy it but if not, might I suggest you “stroll the grounds.” Read a story or watch a movie.
Thanks for visiting.
Scott
Cowboy Coffee
I’m a coffee lover. I admit it. I love a good cup of hot coffee. I’m not talking about one of those $tarbuck$ coffee flavored drinks. I’m talkin’ about strong, black coffee. The kind that will curl your toes. I love it. I drink it every day. But I have to admit, I won’t drink just anything. It has to taste good. I roast my own beans and use filtered water and I don’t perk it, I filter it. It’s my “refined” version of cowboy coffee.
I spend a fair amount of time on the Internet and as I was researching cowboy coffee I found very little information on its history but quite a few versions of how to brew it. Most of them are basically the same…except for the humor. That part of the recipe can vary some but it is definitely a part of the mix. As I said, I didn’t find much on the history of cowboy coffee but I did come across one article which stated that out on the range, the cook actually roasted green coffee beans in a skillet before he brewed the coffee. If that’s true then maybe my “refined” version isn’t so refined after all.
Basically, cowboy coffee is a generous helping of ground coffee thrown into a pot of boiling water. Some recipes call for an eggshell, I’m not sure why. Some call for the whole egg. Just crack it into the coffee and throw the shell in after it. I Really don’t understand that one. Maybe it’s one of the humorous ingredients.
Here are a few more.
Strain the coffee through an old sock. (My guess is a clean one).
The coffee should be so thick a six-gun or a horseshoe will float in it.
(Does this mean you may need to eat it with a spoon, like pudding???)
Authentic cowboy coffee needs to be made over a real campfire and you have to drink it from a tin can.
For me, I wouldn’t use just any ol’ can. If given the choice I would use a can that once had beans in it.
Now that would be authentic.
Oh yes, one more. Use the remaining coffee to extinguish the campfire… I’m guessing that would be most of it.
There you have it. Cowboy coffee. Good to the last spoonful. Ah…I mean drop.
All kidding aside, Cowboy coffee was part of the American Western tradition. It was very strong, very hot and very much loved by the men who made and drank it.
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