Eggnog at Christmas

I had my first taste of the traditional Christmas drink Eggnog last night, and pretty nice it was too.

Apparently Eggnog is a drunk throughout Canada and America, especially at Christmas (us English don’t tend to drink it – even though it may have originated from East Anglia, England, according to wikipedia. (When I first checked out eggnog on wikipedia it aid it was popular in Luxembourg too, this seems to have been removed…the wonder of wikipedia).

It’s essentially a dairy based alcoholic drink, made from milk, cream, sugar, eggs and various spices. And, depending on the recipe, rum, brandy, and/or bourbon are added.

I found a Christmas Eggnog recipe at the aptly named site Eggnogrecipe.net and the ingredients are:
12 egg yolks
5 cloves, whole
4 cups milk
4 cups cream
3 cups light rum
1+ ¾ cups sugar
2+ ½ teaspoons vanilla essence
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
¾ teaspoon nutmeg, ground

The instructions are long and complicated so I won’t repeat them here, check out the above site for full details, but it involves lots of beating, mixing, warming in a pan, cooling in a fridge, more ingredients and an overnight cooling period in a fridge.

My friend who made the eggnog at the party last night didn’t appear to do a lot of the above, essentially beating eggs, etc and mixing it all in a cold pan.
However, it tasted great and was certainly a potent alcoholic experience!

My only knowledge of Eggnog before last night came from the Dennis Quaid movie DOA – his ex-wife gives him some – it’s a murder mystery – was there poison in the egg nog??
Check out the film to find out!

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