Made this just after Thanksgiving. Took my friends out to another friend's new restaurant this evening and we all sampled a growler I had made, and served as you recommended. Major hit. I took all the credit, hope you don't mind.
I've been making the recipe you posted in the past. I reduced it to a smaller volume but my family likes the booziness of it. As you recommended back then, I make a non-alcoholic version for those who want it that way, or who want to dilute the boozy one.
Eggnog is great and I've never turned a glass away but once I was introduced to coquito by my Puerto Rico friend Raphael there was no looking back. He makes several gallons every holiday season (using his grandmother's recipe) for friends and colleagues and its just flat out amazing.
With all due affection and respect, and with all friendliness and cordiality, kindly fuck you, Hooper, please and thank you..
It's. Not. Even Thanksgiving. Yet.
Why do we have to do this every fucking year? Can't we just have a few Thanksgiving weeks, then a few Christmas weeks, and maybe not go psychotic?
Seriously, dude. Is there any rational reason why ANY eggnog needs to be aged for more than two or three weeks? I mean, mostly they don't need to be aged at all. I certainly don't see why we need to help promote our imposed mission of funnelling money to our corporate masters through all the winter months. Maybe just one would be enough?
Have you considered that this might be subverting those corporate masters' agenda by making nogg at a time they don't expect, and that you are shackled to their system helplessly by insisting their corporate holiday calendar dictate your life and actions? Eat an easter egg. Wear white. Carve a marrow.
Yes. Aging helps to mellow the sharp taste of the liquor out. Alton Brown has a recipe for eggnog that he suggests aging for six months. I've made it, and at six months it's an excellent, smooth drink.
Nogs are pretty much to taste. We used to make 20 gallon batches with the same proportions as we made quarts, the only change was we borrowed a heavy duty mixer to beat the custard and had to slowly add the booze to avoid curdling the mixture. We also did this at low temperatures to avoid spoilage.
The eggs for 20 gallons is a whole lot of eggs. And nutmeg.
I'd start out with a simple quintupling, and I'd make friends with someone who had a stand mixer. The mixture will set up some under refrigeration, so if it seems a little thin to begin with don't panic.
Thing about nogs is they're easy to thin if they somehow end up too thick, just add booze. And I have never seen a nog so thin nobody would drink it.
Thanks! I had planned on the stand mixer, just wasn't sure about quantities. I know seasonings can be tricky when multiplying for baking, roasting, etc.
I figure the worst it can be is bad, and I've drunk bad booze before.
The city I live in is where old GW went to get his drink on. There is (or at least was, last time I was over there) a vestigial pay phone beside the trail that goes to Mount Vernon; I always remark that it’s still there because, like everything else around here, it is Historically Significant, it is the phone George used to call Martha to tell her he was on his way home.
Crema de Vie is what my aunts would make for Christmas time and it was more of an eggnog liqueur that packed a punch due to the Bacardi rum and anise liqueur. Also it was made with evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk and eggs.
I would be astounded if salmonella could survive that level of alcohol. My mentor's solution to the potential raw egg problem (which is really rare in the US, something like 0.005%) was to up the bourbon level in the yearly batch (I seem to remember Ford made up twenty gallons every year, we sold it by the quart or gallon for private parties) by three or four shots for every person that asked about the possibility of salmonella poisoning.
A couple of our smarter patrons quickly figured this out, and we had to tamp down on that after that year's batch got kind of runny. Ford insisted on a full three weeks of aging and fresh nutmeg, I usually got stuck grating it. One year we tried a peppermint nog. It was not well received though I thought it was kind of tasty.
Either way, I read somewhere a long time ago that the amount of alcohol in the standard egg nog recipe was sufficient to kill off any salmonella contamination, but it took a week or so and was a sufficient advertisement for aging your nog for at least that long. I'll dig up a reference if anyone cares, but in the five or so years I worked for Ford nobody complained of any problems with our nogs more severe than a hangover.
Of course, we only used very fresh eggs and were careful about temperature control.
I cut pineapple in a spiral. First, cut off the top and bottom ends. Then follow the lines to cut diagonally, two rows at a time. When you've done that, split it down the middle, split the halves down the middle, and remove the core. I did that just this morning. I love pineapple.
I use the corer, remove the rings from the shell, then use a paring knife to remove any left from the shell. If I'm not straight, one side will still have some good stuff left on the shell.
Strangers are setting up some sort of party/reception in the pocket park across the street from our house. Ferdie and Carlos (our cats) are in the front window, supervising the situation.
We love Howth Castle and environs, don't we folks? From the very strong bend of bay to the- and in a way it's more powerful but people say it first but you can say it whichever the hell you want, swerve of shore, it swerves boy does it ever, us by a commodius vicus of recirculation, that I will tell you.
I think Marjorie is 100% Qanon and thus never made the pivot to "the Epstein files are a Democratic hoax" that Assmouth is trying to push everyone into. She's dumb but tenacious -- not an ally, just someone who can be leveraged for this particular issue.
She's an opportunist certainly, but it gives me pause that SHE is one of the first to jump ship AND be vocal about it.
That's interesting to me because most Republicans ran off tend to leave a little more quietly. But she's not an ally and would easy switch if she was given enough attention
Me, too, LOL! I talked to my cat all the time and I talk to my dog all the time, just like I would to a toddler or child. She's super smart (border collie) and knows a lot of what I'm talking about, LOL!
I kind of do it like I was told to talk to my daughter when she was an infant and toddler. I describe what I'm doing, ask her questions (even if she can't answer, LOL!), etc. XD
I don't even have kids but I want to scream at people walking babies in carriages and paying NO ATTENTION to them because they're on their phones. TALK TO YOUR KIDS! THEY see the lady with three dogs, DO YOU??? What color are they?? How many?? Etc. etc.
I hope PAB's reputation eventually craters to the level Epstein's had reached at the time of his death. I.e., to the level that anyone who was pals with him or enabled him also has their reputation besmirched. To the level that banks don't want to touch your business. I'd like PAB in prison, but I'd settle for that.
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
Going to work in 20. Questions here.
Made this just after Thanksgiving. Took my friends out to another friend's new restaurant this evening and we all sampled a growler I had made, and served as you recommended. Major hit. I took all the credit, hope you don't mind.
Not at all. That's what I'm here for.
A tale of two wormwoods
Exploring the intersecting histories of absinthe and Malört—and why Chicagoans prefer the latter
https://chicagoreader.com/
I've been making the recipe you posted in the past. I reduced it to a smaller volume but my family likes the booziness of it. As you recommended back then, I make a non-alcoholic version for those who want it that way, or who want to dilute the boozy one.
Eggnog is great and I've never turned a glass away but once I was introduced to coquito by my Puerto Rico friend Raphael there was no looking back. He makes several gallons every holiday season (using his grandmother's recipe) for friends and colleagues and its just flat out amazing.
With all due affection and respect, and with all friendliness and cordiality, kindly fuck you, Hooper, please and thank you..
It's. Not. Even Thanksgiving. Yet.
Why do we have to do this every fucking year? Can't we just have a few Thanksgiving weeks, then a few Christmas weeks, and maybe not go psychotic?
Seriously, dude. Is there any rational reason why ANY eggnog needs to be aged for more than two or three weeks? I mean, mostly they don't need to be aged at all. I certainly don't see why we need to help promote our imposed mission of funnelling money to our corporate masters through all the winter months. Maybe just one would be enough?
He's a bartender in Ohio, not Santa Claus. You're attacking the wrong end of the consumerism problem with a hack stand-up routine.
Have you considered that this might be subverting those corporate masters' agenda by making nogg at a time they don't expect, and that you are shackled to their system helplessly by insisting their corporate holiday calendar dictate your life and actions? Eat an easter egg. Wear white. Carve a marrow.
Thanksgiving eggnog is practice for Christmas.
Well. This is certainly an overreaction.
"Here is a recipe for a drink. I think it's tasty and you might enjoy it yourself!"
"FUCK YOU YOU SHILL FOR THE MAN!"
It's a reliable weekly feature tho.
It wouldn't be a Friday without the weekly Ward rant.
He is...consistent.
But not wrong this week.
Yeah, he usually isn't.
Ward has the rant honed to a fine degree tho.
Yes. Aging helps to mellow the sharp taste of the liquor out. Alton Brown has a recipe for eggnog that he suggests aging for six months. I've made it, and at six months it's an excellent, smooth drink.
Can one make this with duck eggs, maybe even Balut to give it some crunch?
Ew. Now I'm picturing Balut crème brûlée.
😳
Gotta use the torch to caramelize it good!
Also comes in handy if you feel like doing a little light freebasing with your holiday grog.
So suppose I wanted to make a gallon of this. Should I just quintuple the values, or are any other adjustments needed?
Nogs are pretty much to taste. We used to make 20 gallon batches with the same proportions as we made quarts, the only change was we borrowed a heavy duty mixer to beat the custard and had to slowly add the booze to avoid curdling the mixture. We also did this at low temperatures to avoid spoilage.
The eggs for 20 gallons is a whole lot of eggs. And nutmeg.
I'd start out with a simple quintupling, and I'd make friends with someone who had a stand mixer. The mixture will set up some under refrigeration, so if it seems a little thin to begin with don't panic.
Thing about nogs is they're easy to thin if they somehow end up too thick, just add booze. And I have never seen a nog so thin nobody would drink it.
Thanks! I had planned on the stand mixer, just wasn't sure about quantities. I know seasonings can be tricky when multiplying for baking, roasting, etc.
I figure the worst it can be is bad, and I've drunk bad booze before.
Hosting a party or just prepping for the weekend?
I figure if I'm going through all the trouble of making this, I'm making enough to share.
Fresh grated nutmeg is amazing!
I used to be a frequent Penzeys purchaser. They always included whole nutmegs with an order. I still have a stockpile that'll last me a lifetime.
Is water wet or does it merely give other things the property of wetness?
The Unbearable Wetness of Being.
This is tough to describe scientifically, because Big Water keeps flooding the zone (with disinformation)
I’ve heard that magnets don’t work when wet…
From the standpoint of water
In relation to magnets or no?
TIL that Yoohoo plus vodka equals a White Trash Russian. Unrelated to this post, but I think it's served at the White House, so timely.
An old holiday tradition, watching the neon come on at the roadhouse, from the steps of the double wide, drinking White Trash Russians...
oh, gosh
It won't last until next week in our refrigerator, never mind until Christmas.
"How long has it aged?"
"What time is it?"
"Gimme some"
I have seen this play out before...
“Just a taste.”
The city I live in is where old GW went to get his drink on. There is (or at least was, last time I was over there) a vestigial pay phone beside the trail that goes to Mount Vernon; I always remark that it’s still there because, like everything else around here, it is Historically Significant, it is the phone George used to call Martha to tell her he was on his way home.
I imagine some days, the Foundingist Father was happier than others...
"Turn on the TV, Marty, see how we did!"
Crema de Vie is what my aunts would make for Christmas time and it was more of an eggnog liqueur that packed a punch due to the Bacardi rum and anise liqueur. Also it was made with evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk and eggs.
What's that oddly shaped metal measuring cup out front?
It's pretty nifty.
I would be astounded if salmonella could survive that level of alcohol. My mentor's solution to the potential raw egg problem (which is really rare in the US, something like 0.005%) was to up the bourbon level in the yearly batch (I seem to remember Ford made up twenty gallons every year, we sold it by the quart or gallon for private parties) by three or four shots for every person that asked about the possibility of salmonella poisoning.
A couple of our smarter patrons quickly figured this out, and we had to tamp down on that after that year's batch got kind of runny. Ford insisted on a full three weeks of aging and fresh nutmeg, I usually got stuck grating it. One year we tried a peppermint nog. It was not well received though I thought it was kind of tasty.
Either way, I read somewhere a long time ago that the amount of alcohol in the standard egg nog recipe was sufficient to kill off any salmonella contamination, but it took a week or so and was a sufficient advertisement for aging your nog for at least that long. I'll dig up a reference if anyone cares, but in the five or so years I worked for Ford nobody complained of any problems with our nogs more severe than a hangover.
Of course, we only used very fresh eggs and were careful about temperature control.
'HEY YOU! DO YOU WORK HERE OR WHAT? I ASKED FOR 5 CHERRIES IN MY APPLETINI, NOT 4! I'M AN INFLUENCER AND I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON BLAST!"
That's a pretty good nutshell explanation of why I drink in the type of places that I drink in...
Most influencers ask for a Tito's & vodka.
I think Tito is mentioned more often in the USA now, compared to when he ran Yugoslavia.
Most influencers are morons with zero taste.
What is the best way to get pineapple out of it's shell? One of those corers?
I cut pineapple in a spiral. First, cut off the top and bottom ends. Then follow the lines to cut diagonally, two rows at a time. When you've done that, split it down the middle, split the halves down the middle, and remove the core. I did that just this morning. I love pineapple.
We have a corer and it's great.
Is that all you use or do you cut off from the sides, too?
I use the corer, remove the rings from the shell, then use a paring knife to remove any left from the shell. If I'm not straight, one side will still have some good stuff left on the shell.
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Budgie is going to go outside! And ride birbcycle. :)
Strangers are setting up some sort of party/reception in the pocket park across the street from our house. Ferdie and Carlos (our cats) are in the front window, supervising the situation.
I hope this clears that up.
“𝘈𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/confused-trump-79-admits-he-has-no-idea-why-he-needed-an-mri/
https://archive.ph/k5MTH
"one subject...that you could take off your plate"?
SPEAK ENGLISH OR GO HOME!!11
We love Howth Castle and environs, don't we folks? From the very strong bend of bay to the- and in a way it's more powerful but people say it first but you can say it whichever the hell you want, swerve of shore, it swerves boy does it ever, us by a commodius vicus of recirculation, that I will tell you.
It is clear that no one has explained to IncompeDon that MRI exams are not scored exams.
The Fetid Fascist is fading fast. The problem with that is such swift, uncontrolled deterioration leaves him impulsive and damned dangerous.
He probably doesn't want to say why he is getting sn MRI because he is so ignorant about human anatomy. "My wife said my brain is in my penis."
Probably an abdominal MRI, searching for his head
How many MRIs has Trump had this week?
1500% on the MRI. Obviously.
Tick Tock Motherfucker.
"The party got too hearty.," 1969.
https://bsky.app/profile/catsofyore.bsky.social/post/3m5m6o7p3j22g
Interesting opinion piece about how Trump has framed the fentanyl problem in a completely wrong way (not that he cares about the truth on anyting): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/opinion/fentanyl-trump-drug-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U8.377W.ekN3UmZgXOhu&smid=url-share.
Terrific piece 👏.
I bet the Dipshit-in-Chief thinks he made a funny joke.
MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com
Wait. Why would Marjorie Taylor Greene calling to release the Epstein files be a betrayal to Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party?
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Because most of them are in it?
Or their donors.
Ye$$$.
Is this yet a "Welcome to the resistance, Ms. Greene" moment?
I think Marjorie is 100% Qanon and thus never made the pivot to "the Epstein files are a Democratic hoax" that Assmouth is trying to push everyone into. She's dumb but tenacious -- not an ally, just someone who can be leveraged for this particular issue.
She's an opportunist certainly, but it gives me pause that SHE is one of the first to jump ship AND be vocal about it.
That's interesting to me because most Republicans ran off tend to leave a little more quietly. But she's not an ally and would easy switch if she was given enough attention
Somone has decided that she wants to be the governor of the state of Georgia.
and/or President
Oh. It figures it wouldn't be a redemption arc. :(
No. MTG is smarter than the average MAGA and is an opportunist. She sees the EPSTEIN FILES as a career boost.
A pathological opportunist, at the very least.
Yeah, I hadn't considered that. :/
So … Herr Drumph had yet another MRI.
Did RFK Jr give him brain worms??
"It's a food desert in there!" -- Brainworm
"It's both a floor wax and a dessert topping!"
Ahhhh. Good coffee, scrambled eggs and corned beef hash, my weekly cheat breakfast. Now to the library.
Weekly MRI's?
He'll be dead within a week. Get your party supplies ready people!!!
Did he have another one? Wow.
Yup. He's falling apart faster and faster. Now he's disappeared again, which is always a sign of strength in a leader.
Tick Tock Motherfucker.
"Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night:
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why."
https://bsky.app/profile/catsofyore.bsky.social/post/3m5md2groyk2g
Sounds like one of paul's conversations with Cat the Ripper.
I do this all the time with our two, especially when I'm cooking, much to Hubby's amusement. It's often a two-part conversation.
I'm always talking to my animals. They're great listeners.
Sometimes
Me, too, LOL! I talked to my cat all the time and I talk to my dog all the time, just like I would to a toddler or child. She's super smart (border collie) and knows a lot of what I'm talking about, LOL!
It's a sign of superior intelligence to talk out loud to oneself and animals I read somewhere. 💪
I talk to Cat the Ripper all gawd damned day.
I spend far too much time alone with him.
I kind of do it like I was told to talk to my daughter when she was an infant and toddler. I describe what I'm doing, ask her questions (even if she can't answer, LOL!), etc. XD
I don't even have kids but I want to scream at people walking babies in carriages and paying NO ATTENTION to them because they're on their phones. TALK TO YOUR KIDS! THEY see the lady with three dogs, DO YOU??? What color are they?? How many?? Etc. etc.
Me in kitchen:
Me: "That's enough salt, don't you think?"
Ferdinand, our cat: "Mrrgow."
ME: "OK, I think so, too."
LMAO!
I hope PAB's reputation eventually craters to the level Epstein's had reached at the time of his death. I.e., to the level that anyone who was pals with him or enabled him also has their reputation besmirched. To the level that banks don't want to touch your business. I'd like PAB in prison, but I'd settle for that.
I wonder if Megyn's daughter has seen the video of her.
https://bsky.app/profile/lisaloe.bsky.social/post/3m5obr4ouvc23
Thanks Larry. Shared x 5.
https://bsky.app/profile/brian-goldstone.bsky.social/post/3m5ofqkkbis2f
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
Does Bari know this.
GMTA--must have been produced already.
Scheduled at a time when they hope Bari Weiss isn’t tuned in?
I will definitely help.
This resonates with a comment I read from Argentina that the middle class no longer exists there, only rich and poor.
Well, they do, but they get mistaken for their betters by putting on aires.
We are definitely heading that direction.
Apparently some Argentines without means did it.