Egg Nog Recipe

VMI70 | December 1903 | Dr. Grafton Tyler

[VMI70]

I want to share with all my fellow FReepers the recipe for what is probably the the greatest egg nog recipe ever. If you are a non drinker, move along, there is nothing to see here. If you are a drinker, even a heavy one, be very careful with this. It is a first cousin to rocket fuel.

Warning: this is a pain in the neck to make. It will take you a long time, about an hour and a half, but the results are well worth it. You will even make converts out of prople who are not egg nog fans.

Merry Christmas to all!!!

PS: Cheese goes very well with this. Also, put a small amount in a cup, and put it on your front porch. It may attract a Christmas moose or two.

Dr. Grafton Tyler's Egg Nog

First made in Washington, DC, circa 1903

Ingredients:

1 Qt Whipping Cream
1 Qt Bourbon Whiskey (bourbon, not sour mash)
1 Pt Whole Milk
1 Pt Brandy
1 Punch cup Rum
1 lb Pulverized sugar (Instant Dissolving)
12 Eggs

Makes about 1 1/2 gallons

Preparation:

1 Separate yolks & whites
2 Beat yolks until very light
3 Beat into the yolks, a little at a time, the sugar
4 Add slowly, the whiskey, brandy, & rum
5 Then add the milk
6 Then the whites of the eggs, beaten very stiff
7 Cream must be thick & beaten until as light as eggs, add last & mix thoroughly

[Diana Rose]

Thank you! I am visiting with relatives this year and thought I would make this recipe...Think it might make the "experience" easier to take. ;)

[VMI70]

I can almost guarantee it will.

A good friend of mine's brother in law, whom he viscerally can't stand, visited my friend last Christmas. In order to have some diversion from his painful closeness to the aforementioned, my friend asked me if he could bring the b-i-l along to our egg nog party. I naturally said sure; the more the merrier.

Shortly into the party, they were getting along just fine.

[No More Gore!!!]

Glad to see you are still monitoring this thread. I will be making the second annual production of your recipe tomorrow. I absolutely can't wait!!!

[VMI70]

Thank you very much. Are you planning on drinking it tomorrow?? It's going to be, shall we say, a little "raw".
It's much better when it sits for a while. Save some and have it New Year's Eve. You'll see a marked difference.
Have fun!!

I had a couple of cups of my 2nd batch (made about a week ago)today, and then proceeded to try to make a half batch with some leftover ingredients I didn't use up.
Well I committed the cardinal of recipe halving or doubling--I did not write down the new amounts. So, I added a pint of Brandy instead of a half pint, and a punch cup of rum instead of 1/2.
I added some extra milk to try and dilute it, but I don't think it's going to work out very well.
Sad.

[SunTzuWu]

WOW!
This stuff strong but good. Is it normal for the mixture to settle? I made my first batch on the 23rd. I just took it out of the fridge (today is our Christmas) and I've got foam on the top and liquid on the bottom. It tastes great but I think I will cut down just a little on the burbon next time.

[VMI70]

Yes, it does settle. Just give it a good shake and voila you're ready to roll.

Have a Happy New Year!

[No More Gore!!!]

So tell me, what is the optimal time to wait before drinking it? It must take some serious willpower to wait for it. I had a little right after making it on Christmas Eve, and more yesterday. It was fabulous both times. Unlike last year, there is still a little left, but I doubt it survives past tonight. ;-)

[SunTzuWu]

Thanks!
I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[VMI70]

About 3 or 4 days is best, but just overnight helps a lot.

I hate to draw this corollary, but you know how much better leftover spaghetti is, compared to when it was originally served? It's the same idea.

Cheers!

[No More Gore!!!]

It's funny, I haven't signed on to Free Republic for awhile, and the first thing I think about when signing on is your Egg Nog. I don't think I've looked more forward to Christmas since I was a kid. ;-)

[VMI70]

What a kind thing to say. You made my day. Thank you.

[bigjoesaddle]

Found this link, very time appropriate. I made this last year, and is was awsome! One problem I has was I used powdered sugar instead of pulverized (NOT THE SAME THING, DUH).

[VMI70]

Thanks for the bump.
I made 3 1/2 batches last Thursday. We had some yesterday, and it was just about aged to perfection.
The sugar is called Superfine or Instant Dissolving. I imagine that powdered sugar would not work very well. Another thing is that the longer you let it sit, the better it gets; just like left over spaghetti is far better than the "just made".

Thanks again, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[bigjoesaddle]

Hey VMI70, My yearly bump of your recipe, plan on making it the weekend after Thanksgiving, printing out the ingredients. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.

[Stultis]

Thanks! Here's my own famous Egg Nog recipe:

STEP 1) Open a bottle of bourbon.

Ooops. I lost the rest of the recipe, but that's as far as I ever get anyway...

[alarm rider]

"Wow, what kind of doctor WAS Dr. Grafton, anyway? : )"


Perhaps Dr. Grafton laid to rest tha old saying:

"There are more old drunks than there are old Doctors".

I certainly would have had a drink with the Doc.

[cuggle]

This is the best eggnog I have ever had. I made it last year (2005) for a Christmas party and everyone loved it. In fact my friends and family have been talking about it for a year. So just the other night I went searching for the recipe and COULD NOT FIND IT. I couldn't believe I had lost it. So tonight I searched and searched the internet and couldn't believe I found this thread again. I am printing out the recipe now and putting it in a safe place. I am going to give this as Christmas gifts this year. I am telling you ...everyone gets along when they drink this! :-) Your guests will rave! Thank YOU!

[Hang'emAll]

I have had this recipe bookmarked for 7 years, and finally got around to using it.

It’s great stuff, thanks for posting it. I’ll try to use it more frequently now.

[bigjoesaddle]

Getting ready to try it again this year, have to find “pulverized sugar”.

[steveo]

Dude... powdered sugar. No worries...