Parsnip Postum Coffee Substitute Recipe

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on September 1, 1977
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Grind your own grains for substitute coffee using a coffee grinder.
Grind your own grains for substitute coffee using a coffee grinder.
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This Parsnip Postum Coffee Substitute Recipe is a natural drink that tastes like coffee.
This Parsnip Postum Coffee Substitute Recipe is a natural drink that tastes like coffee.

Make your own natural coffee using this Parsnip Postum Coffee Substitute Recipe.

Parsnip Postum Coffee Substitute Recipe

Marjorie Meschke of Calder, Idaho claims it’s possible to make a richly satisfying coffee-like drink from — of all things
— parsnips. “It’s true” she says: “I served some parsnip coffee to my husband recently; and he thought it was the real thing!
I had to tell him what it was. Even then, I don’t think he believed me: He was amazed!”

Here’s all you do to duplicate Marjorie’s recipe: Cut a batch of fresh parsnip roots (skins and all) into very small pieces, or

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