I Love Eggnog

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:37 pm

My recipe for homemade eggnog:

Combine in blender:
Three eggs (or equivalent from carton)
Two cups milk
One tablespoon vanilla extract
One tablespoon sugar

Blend. Pour in cups. Stir a shot of bourbon or rye in each cup. Ground nutmeg on tops.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:58 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:59 pm

And dammit, some old time OG Swamper had a really epic nog recipe back in the day, but I never tried it. If I can get someone (hey dad) to agree to try it, I'll make yours SC.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:10 pm

So what says the Swamp on "Irishing" the 'nog up a bit, I'd gather that it be ok.

What's your libation of choice?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:50 pm

Jägermeister all the way, dude!

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:44 am

E&j cause I'm cheap and I don't keep large bottles of cognac. No one likes straight brown liquor Xmas dad. Everyone likes egg nog buzzin dad. Will try the homemade. Killed a quart of the store bought this week. But I went to the y!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:32 pm

Dave in seattles eggnog recipe is the tits.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:09 pm

A_B wrote:Dave in seattles eggnog recipe is the tits.

Umm....is it? I hate to admit this, but I don't remember what I posted!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:20 pm

Hmm. Maybe it wasn't you. Thought it was.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:24 pm

Or it was really good nog.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:41 pm

Was it DaveNYC? Old school Swamp, I'm telling you.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:06 pm

Quick search says it was mister d s eggnog recipe I loved.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:16 pm

I don't have my own. If I posted something, I'm guessing it was Alton Brown.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:35 pm

mister d wrote:I don't have my own. If I posted something, I'm guessing it was Alton Brown.

It was. And it was delicious.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:39 am

sancarlos wrote:My recipe for homemade eggnog:

Combine in blender:
Three eggs (or equivalent from carton)
Two cups milk
One tablespoon vanilla extract
One tablespoon sugar

Blend. Pour in cups. Stir a shot of bourbon or rye in each cup. Ground nutmeg on tops.

You can buy eggs in a carton already beaten... What the fuck is wrong with you lazy fuckers over the pond?

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:57 am

I like sancarlos, and I typically trust his judgment, so I finally decided to try eggnog last night. It was just the store-bought stuff, but it was available, and it was free. I hated it about as much as I thought I would. I'm sure that you guys will tell me that I need to try homemade eggnog, or add alcohol to it, or whatever. No, thanks. I'll just stick to Four Loko.

(Howeva, about a month ago, I tried apple cider for the first time and liked it. I had been wrong about that all of my life.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:52 pm

Ah, Bapo!. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

The Alton Brown recipe is excellent, but I'm too lazy to separate the yolks from the whites and add them at different times.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:00 pm

A_B wrote:Quick search says it was ... d ... I loved.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:02 pm

bapo! wrote:
(Howeva, about a month ago, I tried apple cider for the first time and liked it. I had been wrong about that all of my life.)

Hard cider or the stuff from the grocery? (which will become hard cider if you just wait)

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:26 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
bapo! wrote:(Howeva, about a month ago, I tried apple cider for the first time and liked it. I had been wrong about that all of my life.)
Hard cider or the stuff from the grocery? (which will become hard cider if you just wait)

Just regular, flaccid cider. I'll try a hard cider if it's presented to me, but it's not something I need to do.

Taylor Hall's first-time banana consumption has inspired me to try new things. Next up: cottage cheese. Do you think I'll like it? Would it be better mixed with eggnog?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:16 pm

Rheingeist has the best ciders in the business, IMO. Dry Hopped and Semi Dry are great. Not too sweet.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:41 am

A_B wrote:Rheingeist has the best ciders in the business, IMO. Dry Hopped and Semi Dry are great. Not too sweet.

Didn't know that Rheingeist brewed cider. I've only had one Rheingeist beer, but I'm a fan because I spent a great afternoon at the brewery last year. (Yes, I spent an afternoon in Cincy, and you're g-ddamn right I cornholed.)

And with names like Dry Hopped, I guess they're trying to appeal to craft-beer drinkers. So, craft cider is a thing now, huh?

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:28 pm

bapo! wrote:
A_B wrote:Rheingeist has the best ciders in the business, IMO. Dry Hopped and Semi Dry are great. Not too sweet.
Didn't know that Rheingeist brewed cider. I've only had one Rheingeist beer, but I'm a fan because I spent a great afternoon at the brewery last year. (Yes, I spent an afternoon in Cincy, and you're g-ddamn right I cornholed.)

And with names like Dry Hopped, I guess they're trying to appeal to craft-beer drinkers. So, craft cider is a thing now, huh?

It's been a thing for a while. There's a cider house in Athens, and they make some damn good ciders.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:33 pm

Probably rose parallel to the whole gluten-free thing, I'd wager.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:31 pm

Woodchuck has been making hard cider since the early 90s.

It used to be the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the country, and there is speculation that Johnny Appleseed was spreading the apple love so that settlers would have apples for cider.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:34 pm

I've been on a huge cider kick lately. Woodchuck Gumption has been my go-to.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:41 pm

Dammit bapo!.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:05 pm

Yeah, my wife has always been a hard cider drinker (she hates beer). So I always have some in the fridge. It's good stuff, but I have to be careful because it goes down a lot easier and faster than beer.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:11 pm

I made sancarlos's eggnog recipe a couple of days ago. I rather enjoyed it. It wasn't nearly as thick as the store bought stuff, and I'm perfectly fine with that.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:12 pm

Shirley wrote:Yeah, my wife has always been a hard cider drinker (she hates beer). So I always have some in the fridge. It's good stuff, but I have to be careful because it goes down a lot easier and faster than beer.

Make a snakebite with a good stout.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:39 pm

Shirley wrote:...my wife has...n.cider...but...b.r.own...si.n...

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:44 pm

I had to read that a few times to get it.

My wife never poops, so that can't be right.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:17 pm

I’ve determined that my annual holiday season weight gain may have something to with my annual swilling of gallons of eggnog.

Hello. My name is sancarlos and I’m an eggnogaholic.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:40 pm

Where the heck to bapo go?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:49 pm

Just made Alton Brown’s recipe (halved). Letting it chill/sit a bit and will report back.

bapo! has always floated in and then out. Hope he’s ok.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:52 pm

I haven't had much this year, but that's about to change. A little nog with Jim Beam fire.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:37 pm

Whites separated a bit too much, though it looked cool in the glass like that. Tasted really good.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:38 am

rass wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:49 pm bapo! has always floated in and then out. Hope he’s ok.

He's okay. Hanging in there through the pandemic like a great many of us.

Still doing bapo-ish activities, such as watching entire 1970's NFL seasons and reading a ton.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:45 am

Thanks DSG

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:52 pm

No big deal. He's a good guy and said he swung by to pop open a few threads last night.

Prior to one of the poker games this summer with brian and bengal and some other guys, I hit up Howard and offered to send him the accompanying zoom link if he wanted to surprise some people. He ended up with another commitment that evening.