Egg Nog Recipe

VMI70 | December 1903 | Dr. Grafton Tyler

[VMI70]

I want to share with all my fellow FReepers the recipe for what is probably the the greatest egg nog recipe ever. If you are a non drinker, move along, there is nothing to see here. If you are a drinker, even a heavy one, be very careful with this. It is a first cousin to rocket fuel.

Warning: this is a pain in the neck to make. It will take you a long time, about an hour and a half, but the results are well worth it. You will even make converts out of prople who are not egg nog fans.

Merry Christmas to all!!!

PS: Cheese goes very well with this. Also, put a small amount in a cup, and put it on your front porch. It may attract a Christmas moose or two.

Dr. Grafton Tyler's Egg Nog

First made in Washington, DC, circa 1903

Ingredients:

1 Qt Whipping Cream
1 Qt Bourbon Whiskey (bourbon, not sour mash)
1 Pt Whole Milk
1 Pt Brandy
1 Punch cup Rum
1 lb Pulverized sugar (Instant Dissolving)
12 Eggs

Makes about 1 1/2 gallons

Preparation:

1 Separate yolks & whites
2 Beat yolks until very light
3 Beat into the yolks, a little at a time, the sugar
4 Add slowly, the whiskey, brandy, & rum
5 Then add the milk
6 Then the whites of the eggs, beaten very stiff
7 Cream must be thick & beaten until as light as eggs, add last & mix thoroughly

[VMI70]

Sorry about the Front Page listing; please delete. Thanks.

[Inge_CAV]

Bookmarked, Thanks!

[MadEagle]

After everything we've been through, this deserves front page listing! Long live The 'NOG!

[maxwell]

Shouldn't take 1.5 hours to make, unless you have to sample all the spirits beforehand...

[Libertina]

Sounds good to me! Right clicked & thanks.

[VMI70]

Sounds yummy, but lethal.

It is. We had a party with this stuff in 1995, and the following morning, one of my closest friend's wife had to go into the hospital for 3 days for heart palpitations as a result of her over-imbibing. "Holiday heart" was the diagnosis.

FReegards,

[MadEagle]

Wow, what kind of doctor WAS Dr. Grafton, anyway? : )

[VMI70]

Damn! Caught me...

[independentmind]

This sounds very like an old family recipe I have. The stuff can really knock out if you drink too much. My parents used to make batches of this every Easter and Christmas.

How do you eliminate the risk of salmonella if you use raw eggs?

[Eagle Eye]

Makes a great breakfast!

[VMI70]

Neurosurgeon--His nickname was shakey.

[G-Bear]

Kinda think the alcohol will take care of salmonella, and probably just about any other organism!

[VMI70]

How do you eliminate the risk of salmonella if you use raw eggs?

No such thing--Junk science--Liberal canard

On the other hand, if you really are worried about it, take a look at the volume of alcohol. Nothing bad can live in that.

[VMI70]

Beat me, but not by much.

[Cagey]

Thanks, now I'll share my favorite with you:

EGG NOG FROM HELL

3 of them cartons of Egg Nog

1 carton of the Liquor of Your Choice, no bigger’n the carton of egg nog. Make mine Everclear!

** Note: If the Liquor of Your Choice is clear and not too heavily flavored, most of the guests won’t know how cheap you are. If you try to throw in yer leftover Peppermint Schnapps or Sloe Gin, it ain’t gonna work too well.

Get a big pitcher or punch bowl. Mix all ingredients. Don’t use a metal container cuz if the liquor’s too strong, it’ll eat through the bowl.

OR - fer a smaller batch:

1 carton of Egg Nog.

Pour out one glass and feed it to the neighbor’s cat. Pour into the carton enough Liquor of Your Choice to almost fill the carton, but leave a little room to stir it up. This way you don’t need a separate container, plus it’s portable if church is running too long.

Fer Fancy Eggnog:

Prepare as above, either batch'll do. Pour into individual serve glasses or styrofoam cups. Garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg.

** Note: in this case "garnish" means a little something added to the presentation of the beverage (it don’t mean losin' yer wages)

[joathome]

Wow! This isn't eggnog. This is jungle juice with some eggnog thrown in. (I suppose I'm dating myself. :) )

[AppyPappy]

I remember growing up that a lady across the street made the best eggnog. Of course, it was packed with liquor (brandy I believe) but my dad loved it.

[independentmind]

Actually, my great-grandfather owned a bar. I think this is the traditional way to make eggnog.

[Semper911]

How do you eliminate the risk of salmonella if you use raw eggs?

How could the salmonella survive that "environment"? LOL!

My Nana used to make a concoction like this, and she would always make a small batch sans the booze for the kids. Both batches looked the same in the glass, so no one knew that all of us kids were getting snookered. (Or maybe they did.)

Those were great days. I think I'll make up a batch this year in honor of Nana. God rest her soul. Thanks for the recipe.

[Focault's Pendulum]

1 Separate yolks & whites 2 Beat yolks until very light

What a rascist statement. Where's the ACLU when you need them??!!?

[Old Professer]

How do you eliminate the risk of salmonella if you use raw eggs?

You've never lived until you've imbibed "pickled salmonella."

[independentmind]

I hate to be picky but..

No such thing--Junk science--Liberal canard.

Untrue. There was a major convention in Chicago within the last fifteen years that got food poisoning from uncooked eggs. People actually died and many became critically ill.

On the other hand, if you really are worried about it, take a look at the volume of alcohol. Nothing bad can live in that.

Are you sure about that? I think heat is the only thing that kills salmonella.

[Desparado]

Reminds me of the story of the old guy in the back of the local Alcoholics Annonymous Meeting. The Speaker put a worm into a glass of pure alcohol and, as the worm died and sank to the bottom, the speaker asked the group, "What does this demonstrate about alcohol?" The old guy in the back raised his hand and said, "If you drink alcohol, You'll never have worms!"

[freefly]

"How do you eliminate the risk of salmonella if you use raw eggs?"

Make certain to add the QUART of bourbon, the PINT of brandy and the CUP of rum.
Salmonella ain't gonna live through all that!

[joathome]

Growing up in south Louisiana, eggnog typically had liquor in it.....but not three different kinds! LOL How in the world could anyone have made it to midnight mass drinking this stuff? :)

[Revolting cat!]

Awesome, dude! Bookmarked. By the way, what brand of cigarettes did Dr Grafton recommend would go well with this concoction?

[independentmind]

LOL. Well, maybe it's just the Irish way of making eggnog!

[firewalk]

Pour out one glass and feed it to the neighbor’s cat. Pour into the carton enough Liquor of Your Choice to almost fill the carton, but leave a little room to stir it up. This way you don’t need a separate container, plus it’s portable if church is running too long.

ROTFL!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Would you be upset if I changed the recipe to skip everything except the Bourbon, the Brandy and the Rum?

That, and the preparation stuff too. Just pour them into glasses separately and enjoy...

[SpaceBar]

Since we are talking alcohol, here is a recipe that I've fine-tuned over some time. Enjoy. Link is here.

And a Happy Holidays to all fellow freepers.

[the bottle let me down]

bump for later

[VMI70]

Actually, my great-grandfather owned a bar. I think this is the traditional way to make eggnog.

It probably is. Heck, this receipt (as they say in South Carolina) could be in the "Joy of Cooking" for all I know. But I do get a kick out of the sentence structure he used in describing the preparation process.

I don't know how old you are, but my grandfather was probably in your great-grandfather's generation. My grandfather was a doctor in Washington, DC, and, I assume, a contemporary of Dr. Tyler. That is how we came by the recipe.

FReegards,

[VMI70]

Desert Pete's Roll Your Own Black Lung Specials.

[VMI70]

Make certain to add the QUART of bourbon, the PINT of brandy and the CUP of rum.

That would be a PUNCH cup of rum. A whole cup of rum might make it too strong. ;)

FReegards,

[VMI70]

Well, the whites get beaten also. Something wrong with separate but equal? And they get integrated later anyway, and it seems to work in this case, so I think we are on safe ground here.

FReegards,

[VMI70]

Untrue. There was a major convention in Chicago within the last fifteen years that got food poisoning from uncooked eggs. People actually died and many became critically ill.

Think the Lions will win tomorrow?

FReegards,

[VMI70]

Now that sounds like fun. I'll make that during the winter doldrums! Thanks for the link.

FReegards,

[VMI70]

Thanks, and your Christmas moose is the best. FReegards,

[Arm_Bears]

I'll have what the man on the floor is drinking.

[VMI70]

LOL-that's good.

[janetgreen]

I looked at your homemade wine recipe. What? No stomping of the grapes??

[Ditter]

Ugh! Sorry it makes me green to even think about all that liquor & cream.

[VMI70]

I'm glad you pointed that out. I did forget to mention that it is about 7 million calories per cup. Thanks.

FReegards,

[Ditter]

7 million calories?????? It makes me green AND my thighs puff up.

[VMI70]

7 million might be somewhat high.

[independentmind]

I don't know how old you are, but my grandfather was probably in your great-grandfather's generation. My grandfather was a doctor in Washington, DC, and, I assume, a contemporary of Dr. Tyler. That is how we came by the recipe.

My grandfather was born in 1896. I believe that that my great-grandfather was born in the late 1860's. His bar was very close to Philadelphia. Your recipe appears to be similar to my family's in terms of both the time and location of its origin.