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kleinbl00  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: IRC Monday, December 15. 10:00 p.m. Eastern. Say Hi to 8bit

Have you ever really looked at what goes into Eggnog? We had a family recipe that involved like a dozen eggs and a bottle of rum. It was pretty good but about 1500 calories per glass. I've even given up on the store-bought stuff. Light eggnog has as many calories, oz for oz, as Jim Fucking Beam. Although mixing the two is delicious.

Know what we do 'round here? Mulled wine. Buy a bottle of manieschewitz, throw it in a pot, and bring it not quite to a simmer with a cinnamon stick, a few allspice berries, a couple cloves and a dash of nutmeg. F'ing delicious.

Gimme a minute, though. I've got cookbooks going back 130 years. Let me find my most outlandish eggnog recipe.





lil  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Manischewitz Concord: Still only $6.95 a bottle (in Ontario).

kleinbl00  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's the stuff. Although the blackberry mulls better.

By the bye: I spent the past 11 minutes looking through every cookbook I have. Amazingly, I have one recipe for eggnog, and it's from my bar book, and it doesn't involve booze.

(I did find a rippin' recipe for aspic jelly)

If it really matters, I can claw my dad's recipe free. I'll reiterate: eggnog ain't good for you.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think the point is for it to be healthy. i think the point is to be delicious.

your point is well-taken, however.

kleinbl00  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... Yeah, but i like my delicious in greater quantity than my waistline can afford on eggnog.