On 11/19/2012 4:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 18/11/2012 7:59 PM, 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
>>
>> It's the time of year for egg nog. I bought a bottle of it today.
>> Already have the spiced rum. Delicious.
>>
>> 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?
>>
> Why bother? Because home made tastes better???
> When I was a kid the commercial egg nog was pretty good, but it was
> made with real ingredients. The last few times I tried commercial
> eggnog is was way to sweet and way too artificial.
>
> If it weren't for the cardiac issues I might consider making some
> Irish Cream, a pint of cream, a can of sweetened condenses milk, 4
> eggs, a spoonful of chocolate syrup, a half bottle of Irish whisky.

That sounds pretty good

My recipe for egg nog (from memory) starts off with 18 eggs separated,
whites whipped to a froth in a five gallon plastic bucket. I do not
need that much egg nog!

Jill