[trisham]

Irish coffee

1.5 fluid ounce Irish cream liqueur (optional)
1.5 fluid ounce Irish whiskey
1 cup hot brewed coffee
2 tablespoons whipped cream
1 dash ground nutmeg
Sugar or Splenda to taste

[I still care]

Does anyone have a good non alcoholic eggnog recipe?

I probably keep the eggnog industry afloat every Christmas, and the price is appalling. I keep thinking I should make my own - even if it is not cheaper it will probably taste better.

[Lazlo in PA]

Low-Cal? Fat free? Are these recipes from Michelle Obamas approve holiday cook book? Fat is tasty.

[Red_Devil 232]

Can you explain what these two ingredients are?

Tea butter?

Tea nutmeg?

[earglasses]

Scandinavian Glogg - yum! Here’s a good recipe from about.com (http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/restaurantsdining/r/gloggrecipe.htm):

• 1 bottle of red wine
• 1/2 liter inexpensive brandy or vodka
• 10 cardamom pods
• 1 cinnamon stick (broken down)
• 1/2 orange peel (dried or fresh)
• 1/2 lbs sugar (regular or lumps)
• Optional: 5 cloves, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup almonds, 5 dried figs

Heat the wine and brandy spices, fruit, and nuts in a pot. Do not boil; simmer for about 45 minutes. Then strain out all of the solid additions. Serve hot over sugar, perhaps with some raisins, almonds, or extra brandy...

[9YearLurker]

I love hot buttered rum!

[T Minus Four]

Sugar-free* Margarita:

In a blender, dump a can of Fresca and one whole pitcher-sized packet of Crystal Light lemonade mix. Pour in a few glugs of Tequila and fill 3/4’s or so with crushed ice. Blend away and enjoy - tastes just like the real thing.

(*never mind that alchohol converts to pure sugar in your body. But it does save a lot of calories if you’re going to drink anyway)

[Cincinatus]

[SamAdams76]

Christmas is time to pull out the Madeira. Better than port, Madeira was the preferred drink of the Founding Fathers!

I'm not talking the swill that comes out of California either (which should only be used for cooking). Settle for no less than the Madeira that comes from the original source (tiny island off the coast of Portugal) and shipped over by boat. In fact, the longer that Madeira is exposed to the ocean and the elements, the better it tastes!

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, among many others, drank Madeira not just by the gallon but by the hogshead!

[paulycy]

Does anybody know the recipe for the “punch” that is always talked about in the Charles Dickens books? I’ve always wanted to try it. They seemed to drink a lot of it.

[alarm rider]

For later reading...and drinking.

[paulycy]

[IamConservative]

Kahlua

- 1 pot of very strong coffee
- 2 lbs dark brown sugar
- 6 tbsp of real vanilla extract
- 1/5th Everclear

Make very strong coffee, pour into saucepan. Heat (but don’t boil) and add brown sugar and vanilla. Heat just enough to melt sugar. Let cool to room temp and add the Everclear.

Ready to drink immediately in your favorite concoction. Excellent gift..

[Osage Orange]

Not a beverage....but good with beer!

Hot Pretzels..!!!!

1/2 t Lemon Pepper.

1/2 t Garlic Powder.

< or = t Cayenne Pepper.

3/4 c canola oil.

1 pkg Ranch Salad Dressing Mix.

16 oz. Bag of Rold Gold small Pretzels.

Mix altogether in LG. zip bag....for an hour or so. Turn every so often

Bake @ 300 f for 10 min....

Serve with your favorite beer!!!

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

More for New Years than Christmas, but since that's still part of the Holidays....Have some Apple Pie.

1 gallon cider

1/2 gallon apple juice

3/4 lb. brown sugar

4-5 cinammon sticks.

Heat until everything is dissolved, cool, then add:

1 bottle 190 proof Everclear

Tastes and smells like apple pie and pleasantly warm going down. Just make sure someone else is driving.

[who knows what evil?]

I hope to drink just enough rum and egg nog and whatever over the holiday period to pass out, then go into a coma until I revive in January of 2013...it’s going to be tricky, but I have to go for it. :-)

[Sparky21555]

PING for later.