{"id":581,"date":"2008-12-16T02:19:21","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T07:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2020-09-01T01:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:00:31","slug":"how-to-make-real-eggnog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/how-to-make-real-eggnog\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Real Eggnog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3264\/3112892274_ab3e1c45e7_o.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong. Gustafson&#8217;s Farm makes fantastic eggnog&#8212;if you&#8217;re a pansy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you&#8217;re in it to win it, making your own eggnog is the only way to go (this coming from a guy who has his mommy make it). Seriously, I&#8217;m tired of all the store-bought &#8220;eggnog&#8221; making its way into family holiday pimp cups every holiday season. Come on people&#8212;we&#8217;re celebrating sweet baby Jesus&#8217; birthday (unless you&#8217;re not). This is the one time of the year when you have to pretend to actually have traditions. Besides, you&#8217;ll have time off from work, some of you permanently thanks to the economy, and a need to get into the holiday spirit drunk pirate style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully this helps. Straight from The Nashville Cookbook (1976, 1977), this recipe has it right, all the way down to the egg whites, grated nutmeg and bourbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless your Uncle Bob gets out of rehab, this recipe should serve 8-10, although you &nbsp;might want to up the alcohol content if you plan on getting rowdy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Real&#8221; Eggnog Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 quart milk<\/li><li>4 egg yolks<\/li><li>1\/3 cup sugar<\/li><li>1\/4 tsp. salt<\/li><li>4 egg whites<\/li><li>1\/4 cup sugar<\/li><li>1\/2 cup bourbon or rum<\/li><li>grated nutmeg<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. First, heat the milk just until small bubbles form without boiling.<br \/>2. Beat the egg yolks with sugar until light and fluffy. Then add salt and the hot milk. Mix well.<br \/>3. Place over low heat and cook, while stirring, until mixture thickens (excess heat and long cooking will cause it to curdle).<br \/>4. Beat the egg whites until stiff, gradually adding the 1\/4 cup sugar.<br \/>5. Fold whites into the hot milk mixture.<br \/>6. Stir in bourbon or rum. Serve hot with a dash of nutmeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There you have it. An eggnog tradition even Grandma can get drunk on&#8212;not that she needs any coaxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong. Gustafson&#8217;s Farm makes fantastic eggnog&#8212;if you&#8217;re a pansy. But if you&#8217;re in it to win it, making your own eggnog is the only way to go (this coming from a guy who has his mommy make it). Seriously, I&#8217;m tired of all the store-bought &#8220;eggnog&#8221; making its way into family holiday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Nathan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/author\/nathan\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedrunkpirate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}