Eggnog Conspiracy?

Why the heck isn't eggnog available all year? I just don't get it, and I am 43 and I am tired of wondering....
Anyone have any ideas? and how can we stop it?

reply to post by seagrass


I don't know, but where can I get some GOOD eggnog?
I hate the grocery store stuff and last year, my home-made wasn't that good.

Jack Daniels makes good eggnog.. but I have never had homemade... is it better? I always thought it was bad after watching Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...
I only buy from the store.... hey Clearskies. long time no see...

The eggs that eggnog comes from, and hence the nog, are only laid by rare lavender unicorns and they can only lay eggs once a year. So I've heard

reply to post by seagrass

Hey!
I think home-made is better. The store bought tastes bad to me.
Maybe, I'll try to make chocolate eggnog this year!
I'll tell you how it goes!

Originally posted by TravelerintheDark
The eggs that eggnog comes from, and hence the nog, are only laid by rare lavender unicorns and they can only lay eggs once a year. So I've heard

could you provide a source or link for that there wisdom?

Chocolate eggnog? ?? Now there is a conspiracy...
i prefer vanilla spice eggnog....

reply to post by seagrass


Well, I was informed by someone much smarter than myself that lavender unicorns do not lay eggs. I have also deduced that lavender unicorns are liars.



[edit on 11-12-2008 by TravelerintheDark]

Lavender unicorns must belong to the Eggnog Union.
I'm still shaking my head at choco-nog....:shk:

Originally posted by Clearskies
reply to post by seagrass

 

I don't know, but where can I get some GOOD eggnog?
I hate the grocery store stuff and last year, my home-made wasn't that good.

So, what was wrong with last years? How does one make eggnog anyway? besides eggs....

hey seagrass

hey clearskies

ya know in my area you can buy that nasty store bought egg-nog that tastes like a truck driver has been sitting on it for 28 years. :shk: all year 'round too..

where can I get some good stuff?

hmmm......my wife has been on a cooking/recipe binge lately, maybe she will make me some.

OR.....where do i get one of those lavender uni-corns.

happy holidays.

[edit on 11-12-2008 by pureevil81]

Well why do you have it all year and I don't? I might drink trucker eggnog if I was desperate...
And what makes Roseburg so special???
We need to find a good recipe.....

reply to post by seagrass


i dont know, i didnt think it was sold here year 'round....but one day i went down to the little mini mart on the corner, and there it was. i swear it was radiating some kind of light, kinda like a halo. but it tasted NASTY.

the mini mart is owned by asian people, real nice people too. maybe that is the secret huh......

BTW the first time i noticed it was in june or july, unless they were stocking up really early.....i really dont know.

[edit on 12-12-2008 by pureevil81]

Originally posted by seagrass
So, what was wrong with last years? How does one make eggnog anyway? besides eggs....

It was too sweet and wasn't rich enough.
I think I used milk and eggs, maybe this time I'll use heavy cream.
Chocolate does sound kind of weird, well, maybe butterscotch!
I was the ONLY one that drank it last year. My husband or children(without rum) didn't like it.

Unicorns are stupid animals. even more than Pegasus!

[edit on 12-12-2008 by Clearskies]

If Martha Stewart doesn't have a good eggnogg recipe, who will? Heavy on the liquor too lol

* 12 eggs, separated
* 1 1/2 cups superfine sugar
* 1 quart whole milk
* 1 1/2 quarts heavy cream
* 3 cups bourbon
* 1/2 cup dark rum
* 2 cups cognac
* freshly grated nutmeg

Directions

1
In a very large bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and pale yellow. Gradually add sugar to yolks. With a wire whisk, beat in milk and 1 quart cream. Add bourbon, rum, and cognac, stirring constantly.

2
Just before serving, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into mixture. Whip remaining 1/2 quart heavy cream until stiff, and fold into mixture, Sprinkle with nutmeg.

I think if anyone could get lavender unicorns to lay eggs, it would be Martha..

First, the reason it isn't available all year round is because you would end up the fattest, drunkest person on the planet. You can only afford to live that way during advent.


The real reason it isn't available, the real reason the storebought stuff tastes bad:

The trouble isn't the eggs, it's the Nogs.


Nog harvest doesn't start until after Halloween in the midwest, once the temperature drops at night enough that the blossoms fall away and the fruit can be safely harvested without brushing up against the hallucinagenic properties of the outer nog-husk. Otherwise, you'll damage your noggin.


Personally, I am turning into a nog-hog. I'm drinking it evenings at parties and office "gatherings."

By day, I froth it with my espresso machine and use THAT for my steamed milk in my capuccino.



I'm beginning to look like humpty dumpty. but happy.


all the best.

What the?

I didn't even know eggnog had alcohol in it. I've been drinking that since age 5.

That could explain a lot...

reply to post by dr_strangecraft

be careful this season Dr.... lol

Originally posted by Soulstone
What the?

I didn't even know eggnog had alcohol in it. I've been drinking that since age 5.

That could explain a lot...

Not the store bought kind... don't worry.. you have to buy that too... Rum.. always Rum....