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Eggnog
Mixing up your drink pattern with

Nothing says 'holidays' like eggnog. Think about its past as you mix yours for
friends and family.
By Annie Tobey

BASIC EGGNOG
RECIPIE
▷ 1 OZ. YOUR CHOICE OF
SPIRIT (BRANDY, SPICED
RUM, LIGHT RUM OR
BOURBON)
▷ 1 ¼ OZ. MILK
▷ ½ OZ. SIMPLE SYRUP
▷ 1 EGG YOLK
▷ ¼ TSP. GRATED NUTMEG
OR CINNAMON, FOR
GARNISH
Pour ingredients into a
cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake vigorously for about
30 seconds to ensure the
egg is well mixed. Strain into
an old-fashioned or cocktail
glass. Sprinkle a dash of
grated nutmeg or cinnamon to
garnish.

A

s sure as carols playing
at the stores and brightly
colored decorations
popping up overnight, eggnog
on store shelves signals the start
of the holiday season. Unlike
the ubiquitous music and lights
however, this traditional drink
never seems to wear out its
welcome. The seasonal appearance
of eggnog signals rich, creamy
goodness and warm memories.
Eggnog's historic roots lead to
a tangle of possibilities. There's
the medieval British beverage
called posset, made with hot
milk, sugar, spices, eggs and ale
or wine. Lady Macbeth drugged
the guards' posset to knock them
out, so beware the beverage if it
happens that three witches at your
holiday party make an unexpected
prophesy.
In early America, egg-based beer
cocktails combined heated ale with
fresh eggs, brown sugar, rum and

spices, stirring it all with a red-hot
poker to caramelize the sugars.
Variations on this drink were
called a "flip." This term appears
on cocktail menus today but,
sadly, without the red-hot poker
to caramelize the sugars. George
Washington even served an eggbased drink to his guests at Mount
Vernon, adding rum, sherry and
rye whiskey (likely from his own
Alexandria distillery).
An early American drink
described in an 1860 book,
"Practical Housewife," combines
egg, sugar, nutmeg and wine.
The beverage is very uncreatively
named "egg wine."
In his classic "Bartender's Guide,"
renowned 19th century bartender
Jerry Thomas reported eggnog
variations including Baltimore Egg
Nogg, General Harrison's Egg Nogg
and Hot Egg Nogg.
So popular is eggnog that it
once led to a riot. Despite a new

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