N&W Coffee

Tue Oct 29 17:46:31 EDT 2019

Ken,
RATS! lol  I would have thought they would have written down certain recipes that were "standards" and became common on any N&W diner for consistency sake for customers.
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works 

    On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 05:39:14 AM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

 Roger

There is a reason for that. I’ve been studying N&W Dining Car services for the last 30+ years, interviewed a number of dining car employees and written a full scale book on the subject, just trying to get time to lay it out. 

To the man that I interviewed, when I asked about recipes or a cookbook, everyone responded the same “we did not have a cookbook, we had to know how to cook. If we did not know how to make something, we learned from one of the other men.”

Now, does that mean such a cookbook never existed? Nothing is impossible, but with the 20 or so guys I interviewed, not one had heard of such a thing on the N&W.

Now, that being said, there are a number of recipes that appeared in the N&W Magazine over 3-4 years, and credited to the various chefs and a little bio. I have all of those in files for the book.

There is an “official” recipe for Peanut Soup, (which may have appeared on N&W diners) and a recipe for baked apple pie that is, at least semi-official, but if it is out there, I’ve asked a lot, never seen anything else.

I’ve probably studied the N&W dining service more than anyone out there, but would welcome any more information.

Ken Miller

> On Oct 28, 2019, at 5:17 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Sure wish there was a book of N&W recipes like several other Societies have available.
> 
> Roger Huber
> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
> 
> 
> On Monday, October 28, 2019, 04:13:24 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> 
> Dave
> 
> I’m not a coffee drinker, so I cannot answer the question of taste. My wife is the coffee drinker and she likes it a lot, thinks it does not have the bitter taste that a lot of coffee does.
> 
> On the authenticity, the folks who make the coffee have a variety of railroad related food products, to mention but a few: PRR coffee, Reading Coffee, Southern Railway biscuit mix, New Haven Johnny cakes, etc.
> 
> This is the only N&W recipe that they have. But it came from the files of the Dining Car Superintendents Association, which they acquired the files of some time back. It is mid 1920s mix, which stayed on the N&W until sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s (man, I wish we had those files!) when it was replaced with another brand, then a bit later was replaced with H&C Coffee made in Roanoke. The H&C Coffee stayed on until the end of service.
> 
> We have a good supply in the Commissary.
> 
> Ken Miller
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2019, at 3:05 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> Has anyone else tried the new N&W coffee available from The Commissary?  I have but I'm not a coffee expert, so all I can say is that I liked it.  It seems to be a good middle-of-the-road blend, but I'd be interested in more learned opinions.  
>> 
>> How about its authenticity?  I had some back in 1959-1960 on the Shenandoah Valley runs and a round trip from Christiansburg to Williamson in 1959, but I can't recall anything specific about it.  
>> 
>> IMO it's a good addition to the Commissary's offerings.
>> 
>> Dave Stephenson
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