Posted on 12/15/2001 12:58:56 PM PST by 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
I ain't got no stinkin' cat..............
ROFLMBO!!!!!!
That makes sense, with the brandy and all the other hooch included in that recipe. Geez, why not just drop a raw egg into a gallon of Everclear and be done with it? ')
God, there are nannys everywhere. Take a little risk now and then!
(repeated as best I can remember it told)
5 pints light cream
12 Hershey candy bars (the "regular" size, not the "fun" size which everyone knows are not any fun)
Heat up the light cream.
Stir in broken pieces of candy bars.
Drink while hot, because turns to candy and butter if it cools.
You'll sleep like a baby, and you'll be thankful for this recipe...your heart will hate it, but you will love it.
I'll be the first to tell ya, I ain't much of a cook. At all. I eat Bush beans and Campbells chunky beef stew, the kind you don't even add water to. And for when I gotta carb up for running for something, I will make pastaroni. This is a great culinary feat for me because it involves the amalgamation of multiple ingredients in a prescribed manner over a time span greater than 5 minutes. (Thinking about it, I am pretty durn impressed with myself, actually... [back pat])
So when I want eggnog I hit the ABC store around the corner... How's THAT for lazy nog...
But how do you get the booze in it??????
Sorry for the complicated directions, but unless mixed carefully, the booze makes the packaged eggnog curdle. I did convert into US measurements though! I don't actually measure out everything exactly, but I thought it might be helpful. You could always use airplane size bottles! Might cut down on the measuring!
Bwaha... If ya get it at the ABC, it's already spiked, dude... Here in VA, wine and beer are sold in groceries and quick stops and whatnot, but liquor, by law, is sold by the ABC (alcoholic beverage something-or-nother) which is run by the state. I think this is f-ed up but oh well. One can get pretty decent pre-mixed eggnog there. *I* like it at any rate.
Ah! I thought ABC was a convenience store or something. If you think that's f-ed up, take a trip to Ontario sometime! You can only buy alcohol at provincial government owned liquor stores. There is no beer and wine available at groceries or variety stores. The Beer Store network is owned by a co-operative of breweries (before being renamed "The Beer Store" they had the catchy moniker "Brewer's Retail") and there are a few privately owned wine shops operated usually by vineyards. Otherwise people buy their wine at the liquor store. Some of the larger liquor stores have a section known as "Vintages" which actually has a really good wine selection.
IIRC, the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) is one of the largest wholesale purchasers of spirits in the world and their buying power means that even with the higher sin taxes, the cost of booze isn't too much higher than places without sin taxes. I don't really mind the government liquor stores. Billions and billions of dollars in profits go right into the provincial treasury. When the Conservative government started privatizing some services, they took the liquor stores off the table because of the profits. Then they cut income taxes.
I worked at a bar once and we almost lost our liquor licence because we gave away shooters as prizes for trivia and dance contests. We switched to giving out cards good for $5 off the food portion of your bill.
But didn't you see that it uses the light cream? 8-)
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