Rum in Eggnog?
 

How do you like your eggnog? Rum or no rum?

My inner child emerges when I drink eggnog: no rum. I haven't had eggnog with brandy yet, though I am interested in trying it.

I'm partial to bourbon myself. :p

I don't understand the question. Is it "alcohol or no alcohol" or "rum or some other alcohol"?

What's the point of drinking egg nog without alcohol, anyway?

As for the booze you use, I believe brandy, rum, or bourbon are the big three standard ingredients depending on locale.

Try it with Amaretto. Mmmmm, good.

Jazzop--I deliberately left the question open to interpretation: alcohol, type, no alcohol. What's the point of drinking eggnog without alcohol? Because it tastes good of course!

I have never seen egg nog served without bourbon. However I have never seen egg nog served without egg whites whipped and folded in either. But they have all those flavorings now without alcohol, why not. I don't know how that stuff would work with the nutmeg though.

The "Nog" in "Eggnog" is the booze, usually Rum (Dark) or Bourbon to traditionalists. Purists hold to the folding in a beaten egg whites into the basic uncooked custard of egg yolks, sugar and cream (or half & half). Anything made with milk is an imitation, much as "Ice Milk" or "Mellorine' is to real ice cream. I presume that in most available commercial examples (caterers/bars/resturants/hotels), the custard is cooked because of salmonella fears from the eggs, resulting in a product not unlike the 'bottled' offerings on supermarket shelves.

Personally, I prefer the old favorite, "Brandy Milk Punch", not quite as artery-clogging.

I do remember some truly avoidable examples, the bottled Italian (and other "Latin' countries including Mexico) "Uovo" bilge.

Mmm, yes. Less thick / cloying than egg nog, and a very efficient way to get three kinds of booze into your system at once. Recipe from a friend of mine:

1 cup milk
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup bourbon
1/4 cup white rum
1 jigger dry brandy
nutmeg (do not skip this step!)

Mix all ingredients - except Nutmeg - in a blender for just 5 or 6 seconds (you want milkshake consistency); pour into chilled glasses; add a dash of nutmeg on top.

You can drink this stuff all day, or until you can't grip a glass anymore. ;) Egg nog, not so much.

Rum sounds great to me, i'll take one please :)

So basically a booze milkshake. I like it :D Bookmarking this for Christmastime!

Southern Comfort, please.

You know it's gonna make you sick - you might as well know why.

My bartending recollection of "Brandy Milk Punch" much favored asa morning restorative in the South, especially at places like Brennan's/NOLA....

Well iced cocktail shaker
1 1/4 oz Brandy
1 oz Simple Syrup
6 oz milk
Shake well.
Strain and pour into highball glass (no ice)
Dust with Nutmeg

Nog's too rich for me; I stick to Hot Buttered Rums.

Nog by itself is too thick so it must be watered down with brandy:)

Thanks for the recipe BearX220, I'll have to try it out for Christmas dinner.

If you make it properly it can easily replace Christmas dinner. :)

My recipe for Yuletide Cheer:

1 generous shot Bourbon
1 generous shot chilled still mineral water
1 cup egg nog

Mix Bourbon and water in Old Fashioned glass. Pour egg nog down sink.

Yeah, and the water is optional, and in a pinch you can lose the glass, too. In fact, an ideal Christmas would be a fifth of Jack, a dark room, an "It's a Wonderful Life" DVD, and hold all my calls.

In the end I stayed traditional and added a shot of the dark run I picked up last year at the distillery in Nassau. But I was sorely tempted to try adding Kona Coffee Liquor. Night's still young, I might still.

Why waste good rum and mix it with eggnog?

Back when my sister and I were single digits, we received a kids cookbook for Christmas. Since the eggnog recipe involved no actual cooking (no stove anyway) and required only ingredients my mom always stocked, we were allowed to make it at will. I developed quite an eggnog habit well before I reached the legal drinking age. Or the illegal age at which I started.

I'm not a fan of eggnog. :D

Kipper - Your comments indicate you aren't familiar with some Caribbean traditions at the holidays.

Rum & eggnog is a good tradition in some Caribbean households during the holidays. Add cinnamon and/or nutmeg. Make it as strong or light as you wish for sipping (not getting overly drunk).

Alternatives which are more difficult to make is 'Coquito' which is even richer in fat content but the same principles.

I'd just prefer to skip the eggnog and only drink rum. :D

I love, love, love the stuff. Always with a sprinkle of nutmeg on top. But after 2 cups, I'm ready to call it quits for the season. The heartburn's about to kill me.

I like eggnog with or without rum - it all depends on how the holidays are going :D

No human can fault you for that. Don't care whether Caribbean descent or not. @:-)

I have never had an egg nog, is it typically american?

I would love to try it. Maybe I will look up a recipe and make an egg nog. But consuming raw egg is not very common here in my country due to everybody being paranoid about salmonella. Wile I would drink it my self, I would not serve it to others.

Coquito! Delicious!!!!! But a little goes a long way, because it is so rich . . .

Google it. It's been around a long time and is not exclusively American, although in its other international variations, it has other names.

I was surprised to read that making it with a sufficient alcohol content and refrigerating for 3 weeks will render it safe.

We do have an eggy alcoholic thing here, which we call Advocaat. But it's more thick like a thick custard and also boozy. It's not frothy like an Egg Nog.

Advocaat is so thick you eat it with a spoon. You can't call it a beverage anymore.

I typically mix in a healthy dose of booze including rum (typically a light rum I've turned into vanilla by steeping a bunch of used vanilla beans in it), amaretto, bourbon, and Kahlua. No reason to go light on the alcohol...