Comments on: Your Favorite Holiday Drinks

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:24:33 +0000

Sounds like my grandmother’s egg nog recipe. Lovely times.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:28:21 +0000

Thanks!

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:16:55 +0000

I’m quite sure this recipe used eggs from the backyard until well into the 1940s. You could probably put together a couple dozen eggs from the small amounts of excess production offered by Decatur neighbors. And I’ll bet Whole Paycheck sells pasteurized eggs. Maybe Rainbow?

By: LDMBnot

LDMBnot — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:52:08 +0000

coke zero with some Jack Daniels always takes the edge off during the gift wrapping process

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:58:22 +0000

This sounds a lot like a recipe I used to use and love. It’s so much better than cooked egg nog (although the rum content of the latter can offset the inferior quality!) But I gave up my old recipe because commercially produced raw eggs have gotten so risky. However, according to the USDA website, this kind of recipe is safe if one uses pasteurized eggs:

“However, if you’re making your own eggnog, be sure to use a recipe that calls for slowly heating the egg and milk or cream mixture to 160 °F as measured with a food thermometer. This will maintain the taste and texture while also killing bacteria that can cause foodborne illness.

As an alternative, you may use uncooked, pasteurized eggs or egg products when preparing recipes that call for using eggs raw or undercooked.”
(http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Script_Holiday_Favorites/index.asp)

Dumb question: Where does one buy pasteurized eggs? Are they expensive?

If I cannot find my old recipe for egg nog, I will use STG’s. Thanks, STG!