Non-Alcoholic Eggnog
Ingredients: 4 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 4 cups milk 2 teaspoons rum extract 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup whipping cream — beaten until stiff Directions: Beat eggs, sugar, and salt in top of double boiler or heavy pan. Add milk; mix and cook, stirring frequently, until mixture barely coats a metal spoon. Chill. Stir in extract and nutmeg. Fold in stiffly beaten whipping cream. Pour immediately into glasses and serve. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg, if desired. Serves: 6
Beware of Egg-Nog
From: The American Beacon, Norfolk, December 24, 1817: A Song of the Season, To be sung to any tune that suits the measure. -BEWARE OF EGG-NOG- While the little boys cry ‘merry Christmas is coming,’ Shall I be as dull as a water-drunk log? No! I’ll sing you a song (for we bards must be humming) And the burden shall still be, Beware of Egg-nog. When the bowl mantles over the elegant foam, And the steam rises up in a silvery tog; Put by the potation, keep Reason at home, And think of my warning, Beware of Egg-nog. When Circe, the witch, caught Ulysses’s men, She gave each a dram that soon made him a hog; The identical mixture–’tis now as ’twas then; So attend to the moral, Beware of Egg-nog. When the circle is form’d,...
Vegan Eggnog
Eggnog without eggs? Nothing a little tofu and soymilk can’t handle. This eggless “eggnog” is not too thick and will please even those who say they don’t like soymilk. Make the vegan eggless eggnog mix ahead of time, then blend with the ice cubes just before serving. INGREDIENTS: 21 oz extra-firm silken tofu 2 cups soymilk 2/3 cup turbinado sugar, light brown sugar, or sucanat (or use ½ sup honey or 1 cup alternate liquid sweetener) 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup cold water 1 cup rum or brandy 4 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 20 ice cubes nutmeg Directions: 1. Place the crumbled tofu and soymilk in a blender with the sugar and salt. 2. Blend until very smooth. 3. Scrape this into a large bowl or pitcher, and whisk in the water, rum or brandy, and...
Eggnog Cheesecake
10 servings 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 cup margarine, melted 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 1/4 cup cold water 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup eggnog 1 cup whipping cream, whipped Directions: Combine crumbs, sugar, nutmeg and margarine;press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Soften gelatin in water; stir over low heat until dissolved. Combine cream cheese and sugar at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Gradually add gelatin and eggnog, mixing until blended. Chill until slightly thickened; fold in whipped cream. Pour over crust; chill until firm. VARIATION: Ingrease sugar to 1/3 c. Substitute milk for eggnog. Add 1 t vanilla and 3/4 t rum extract. Continue as directed....
Cooked Eggnog
Yields: 10 (4oz) servings Ingredients: 6 lg egg; beaten 2 c Milk 1/3 c Sugar 4 tb light rum 4 tb bourbon 1 tsp vanilla 1 c whipping cream 2 tb Sugar 1 ground nutmeg In a large heavy saucepan mix eggs, milk, and 1/3 cup sugar. Cook and stir over medium heat till mixture coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat. Cool quickly by placing pan in a sink or bowl of ice water and stirring 1-2 minutes. Sitr in run, bourbon, and vanilla. Chill 4-24 hours. At serving time, in a bowl whip cream and 2 tablespoons sugar till soft peaks from. transfer chilled egg mixture to a punch bolw. Fold in whipped cream mixture. Serve at once. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg.
Diet Eggnog Recipe
6 cups of skim milk 1 cup of Egg Beaters (or your favorite comparable product) Sweetener to taste (Use the pink stuff, the blue stuff, the yellow stuff AND if you use the real stuff, be sure and measure carefully and remember to count those added calories! Real sugar will blow up anyone except ants when used in high quantities!) 2 teaspoons of real vanilla extract (Rub a little behind your ears and live a little!) 2 teaspoons of rum extract Ground nutmeg and cinnamon (or you can use a bit of pumpkin pie spice) Heat the milk, Egg Beaters and sweetener in the microwave on high until thickened, stirring every minute or so. You can also use your stove if you prefer. Remove from microwave or stovetop and stir in the remaining ingredients. Next, cover the mixture...
Eggnog: A Colonial Christmas Tradition
By Jeff Westover Christmas of 1826 was snowy, cold and lonely for the cadets of West Point. Though called “men” they were really teenage boys — some as young as 17 — and they wanted to celebrate Christmas. Young Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederate States of America, was amongst them. But West Point then, as it is now, was a house of order and discipline. The military academy was under the strictest orders of sobriety that Christmas season. And being young men some took it upon themselves to challenge those orders in the name of holiday celebration. They organized, they partied — and then they got caught. During excused absences the men of West Point would visit area taverns and drink grog — a mix of alcoholic...