jmcquown wrote:
>
> My cat Persia rarely lets me open the refrigerator door without meowing
> at me. She loves milk. Naturally, the assumption on her part any time
> I open the refrigerator door is it must involve milk. Not this time,
> goofy cat

I bet she'd like egg nog even more than milk. But that would mean she'd
start expecting egg nog in July.

> It's the time of year for egg nog. I bought a bottle of it today.
> Already have the spiced rum. Delicious.

This year I have a half bottle of small brewery whiskey. It's a year
old so I expect to use it up this year. Egg nog is nearly my only use
of distilled beverages these days.

> I do have a recipe (and I've posted it here many times, don't feel like
> digging it out) for making egg nog from scratch. Why bother when you
> can buy it in the dairy case and just add some booze to it?

Home made does taste better so it's a make versus buy judgment call. To
me doctoring it up with a few drops of vanilla extract and a bit of
whiskey works fine.