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Rush2112 wrote:Accidentally poured my wife's peppermint mocha aberration into my coffee instead of half n half. Blech.
I don't know about that stuff, but this time of year I think eggnog is a great alternative to cream in coffee.
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sancarlos wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:Accidentally poured my wife's peppermint mocha aberration into my coffee instead of half n half. Blech.
I don't know about that stuff, but this time of year I think eggnog is a great alternative to cream in coffee.
Tastes like liquid thin mint. Ick.

Eggnog sounds eggsellent.
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Rush2112 wrote:
sancarlos wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:Accidentally poured my wife's peppermint mocha aberration into my coffee instead of half n half. Blech.
I don't know about that stuff, but this time of year I think eggnog is a great alternative to cream in coffee.
Tastes like liquid thin mint. Ick.

Eggnog sounds eggsellent.
It's been my go-to coffee creamer lately. Though I'm careful to use very little given the caloric content of egg nog.
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I'm ready for some pumpkin egg nog this weekend. Trying to cut back on my drinking during the week, but may have to slip-up tonight.
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I have never had eggnog (alcoholic or otherwise).
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Johnny Carwash wrote:I have never had eggnog (alcoholic or otherwise).
x2. No desire to ever try it either.
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brian wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I have never had eggnog (alcoholic or otherwise).
x2. No desire to ever try it either.
It's good. It's good. It's good.
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Your loss. Eggnog is delicious.
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Care to audit the Alton Brown version ...

4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
1 pint whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3 ounces bourbon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

4 egg whites (whisked in at end)


(It feels light on the bourbon, right?)
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I guess I'll have to try it.
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rass wrote:
brian wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I have never had eggnog (alcoholic or otherwise).
x2. No desire to ever try it either.
It's good. It's good. It's good.
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Rush2112 wrote:
Eggnog sounds eggsellent.

Reporting back. It is.
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mister d wrote:Care to audit the Alton Brown version ...

4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
1 pint whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3 ounces bourbon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

4 egg whites (whisked in at end)


(It feels light on the bourbon, right?)
That seems way light on the bourbon. I'm not a huge fan of eggnog, but as long you get the right balance it's a pretty good drink. I don't know anyone who drinks it outside of the Thanksgiving to Christmas window. Do they even sell it year round? As for store bought eggnogs UDF, United Dairy Farmers, is far superior to any other I've tried. My brother brings some down from Cincinnati for the past few years.
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That recipe needs some vanilla extract, too.
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Bensell wrote:
That seems way light on the bourbon. I'm not a huge fan of eggnog, but as long you get the right balance it's a pretty good drink. I don't know anyone who drinks it outside of the Thanksgiving to Christmas window. Do they even sell it year round? As for store bought eggnogs UDF, United Dairy Farmers, is far superior to any other I've tried. My brother brings some down from Cincinnati for the past few years.

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mister d wrote:Care to audit the Alton Brown version ...

4 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
1 pint whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3 ounces bourbon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

4 egg whites (whisked in at end)


(It feels light on the bourbon, right?)
Made this yesterday but doubled the bourbon. Very happy with that recipe.
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Hey AB...I run the Competitive Benchmarking program at my firm so basically I have contacts at all of the other major mutual fund companies, and we reach out and share policies, procedures, best practices, etc. Anyway, someone asked me to do one on Jeans Days. The questions were as follows...
1. Do you employ Jeans Days?
Yes
2. What is the criteria?
It’s often used as a reward for meeting quality goals or getting through particularly busy times such as the end of tax season. We also use it as an incentive to raise money for selected charities.
3. Do you find it effective in that it enhances associate satisfaction/engagement?
Yes
4. If no, why?
N/A
So Oppenheimer not only allows jeans every day, but their special incentive days are Hawaiian Shirt Fridays.
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OK! I don't know what we are talking about, but OK!
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I work from home, and at this office we have Monday Pajamas Day.
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AB_skin_test wrote:OK! I don't know what we are talking about, but OK!
Weren't you all about the Hawaiian Shirt Friday guy a while back or am I thinking of someone else?
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Jerloma wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:OK! I don't know what we are talking about, but OK!
Weren't you all about the Hawaiian Shirt Friday guy a while back or am I thinking of someone else?
Oh. Yeah, we did do HSF here for a while. Been ages. God we've all been here a long time.
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Huzzah!
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Wasn't HSF Billy Waterski?
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Johnnie wrote:Wasn't HSF Billy Waterski?
That's what I thought, but I was never sure.
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rass wrote:
Johnnie wrote:Wasn't HSF Billy Waterski?
That's what I thought, but I was never sure.
I'm 99 percent sure that's accurate.
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Wasn't there a stretch a number of years back where a few of us thought BSF might be Bill Simmons?
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Yup. Then he gave away he wasn't by being likeable.
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Remember the story a couple of years ago about the woman in Spain who tried to restore a centuries old painting of Jesus in her local church?

And this was the result...

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Well, the Lord works in strange ways. As this painting is seemingly the only good thing to happen to that town recently.

Crazy story.

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The phrases "intellectually honest" and "intellectually dishonest" have been used a combined 9 times in this iteration of the swamp ...

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1: Responding to J-Lo
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10.

1. Making your post above.
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What can I say? I'm a fan!

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VORP: You (just now), AB, Sabo

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Wouldn't the story of a crazed dictator ordering hacking attacks and possible terror actions in retaliation for an unflattering Hollywood movie make a better Hollywood movie than a Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy about a plot to assassinate a crazed dictator?

And does this mean he liked Team America--World Police?
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howard wrote:Wouldn't the story of a crazed dictator ordering hacking attacks and possible terror actions in retaliation for an unflattering Hollywood movie make a better Hollywood movie than a Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy about a plot to assassinate a crazed dictator?

And does this mean he liked Team America--World Police?
Maybe his dad wasn't as much of a movie buff. Or liked puppets.
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Shirley wrote:
howard wrote:Wouldn't the story of a crazed dictator ordering hacking attacks and possible terror actions in retaliation for an unflattering Hollywood movie make a better Hollywood movie than a Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy about a plot to assassinate a crazed dictator?

And does this mean he liked Team America--World Police?
Maybe his dad wasn't as much of a movie buff. Or liked puppets.
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Between the Sony/North Korea thing and this new Cuba thing, Communism is having the Best. Week. Ever!

Then there's the entire Sony dropping to its knees and capitulating to hackers and not promoting a movie with lots of major movie theater companies following suit and not showing it one released charade, I'm getting a pretty heavy chuckle out of all of that silliness. Sony is a bunch of pussies. With pathetic internet security and encryption.
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Of all the threads on the first page of the swamp, there's one bourbon. One scotch. And one beer.
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I'm getting in a bad habit of submitting posts too soon then having to go back in and edit them. Premature postulation.
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howard wrote:Of all the threads on the first page of the swamp, there's one bourbon. One scotch. And one beer.
Well, what do you want down there?
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