While getting tea yesterday at my new favorite coffee shop on Clark I noticed a book: The Maxwell House Coffee Cookbook.

The book was published in 1964, and basically all it has is recipes of things with coffee in them. But not normal things like coffee cake or, oh, I don't know, coffee brownies maybe. No, it has beef stroganoff with coffee in it. From the recipe: "Meanwhile, add instant coffee, 1/2 cup water and 1 teaspoon of salt to the meat." Mmm!!!

Other meals that Maxwell House seemed to believe would be better if instant coffee were added to them?

- Coffee Glazed Ham Slice
- Roast Lamb with Coffee Gravy
- Shrimp Tempura with Coffee Sweet-Sour Sauce

Dear god I wish I was making this up.

...And because I love you people, I went the extra mile and found The Maxwell House Coffee Cookbook on Amazon. I'm sure if you order now you can still get it in time for Father's Day and let your dad know how much you dislike him.