BTW, I was tagged by Ning of Heart...Egg Nog
I went overboard with Thanksgiving dishes, but haven’t given the winter holidays a fair shot. So today, a festive drink with Christmas and the new year right around the corner: egg nog.
There’s about as many egg nog recipes out there as there are drinkers of egg nog. Fundamentally though, the core of the drink is the same: eggs, cream, spice, and alcohol. I, being a salmonella sissy, opted to partially cook mine (there are many recipes which entirely raw). Even though the egg white is still raw in the drink, it gives me the peace of mind that I need to just enjoy it, even if it isn’t well founded (I mean, I do enjoy other “dangerous” raw foods like sushi…). Cooking egg nog is very similar to the preparation of any other custard–its quick, easy, but requires your full attention or else you’ll just have a misshapen omelette. And of course, be forewarned about the whole raw/partially cooked egg
