Eggnog, anyone?

[kenkart]

Its Hans

I don't know where the hyphen came from, I grew up with a Daddy who drank almost every weekend, What you might say a functioning alcoholic I never saw the need to act like he did, And No No one has EVER made fun of me for not drinking.Certainly none of my friends..

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Well, Hans, you're certainly lucky

on several levels. First, you never got caught in the trap of alcoholism, you survived a childhood of it, and.... you have friends who don't make fun of you. They wouldn't be considered friends, then would they? They could be called many other, different things. My friends don't, either. They are nice, polite, and caring. I'm fortunate, too.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Thanks.

I always thought it was Hans...no apostrophe. Apostrophe means ownership or a contraction. Must have been an oversight, error, or something entirely different.
Enjoy some nice, fresh, non-alcoholic eggnog.

 

[tolivac]

Remember from college days---my brother had me over at his place for the weekend-was around time for the holidays.Since he knew I loved eggnog he fixed up a batch of the "spiked" stuff!Didn't tell me and said to drink as much as I wanted!Woke up the next day in bed with a log splitter headache!!No more of the spiked stuff for me!
Another kind of eggnog I use in the Simply Creamery kind-DELICIOUS-since its not spiked can really indulge!!!The bottles or cartons have the easily recognized cow face on them!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Tonight, I got the ingredients . I have 2 good recipes.

I will "rehearse" making both, (it's been a year since I made them). Sam can be the judge as to which I'll make for his mini meet. I came across all of the Christmas cake pans, too.
I have: a candy cane pan, a snowman, 2 different trees. Will be fun.

Cheers!!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

So, the top shelf of the fridge will

have: Eggnog #1, #2, apple cider, and iced tea. Well, you never know when good friends might stop by. A good, gracious host always offers a refreshment.

And, I never disappoint.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

And, to the "nay sayers"

bullies, nasty commenters................
no beverages for you!
See how it bothers me"?




waiting for it.........................................................

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Well, I made a batch last night.

I must say, it is delicious! It's messy to make., but worth it.
I'll bring some to Sam on Wed (we're meeting to go over the newsletter),to see how he likes it.
Then, I'll bring a large amount to his mini meet in December.
"Yum"!

 

[justjunque]

I know my mom used to make it when I was very young.
She didn't have a written recipe, and she doesn't remember how she made it.
It wasn't thick like the kind you buy in the carton, but I remember that I loved the flavor of it.
It was made even more special by the fact that she served it in those classic little egg nog mugs.
Everyone has probably seen them. They look like a Fire King type of material, with green and red vintagey images on them, and the words "Egg nog" in a sort of calligraphy font.
We always buy some in the carton this time of year.
Being in New England, we generally buy Hood brand.
It's very sweet and tasty. But, as others have said, the sugar and calorie count make it best consumed in small quantities.

Barry

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I've seen those mugs.

WE never had them. I do remember my mom making it in a special mixer and serving it in special glasses. It's funny the things we remember. We'd drink it with our "Evergleam" 6' aluminum tree in the livingroom.
We never had the color wheel. I still have that tree, and, it goes up in one of the rooms here at Xmas.
Memories........................
I alsp use 1% milk, so it's not TOO bad.

 

[justjunque]

Ah...the aluminum tree!
My parents had them when I was very young.
Whenever the subject comes up, probably to this day, my mom recounts the story of how they HAD a color wheel...until I decided to try using it as a seat!
When I was old enough to be of some assistance in the set-up process, I remember I liked to help sort the branches by size.
If I recall correctly, they had different colored dots on the end of the branches, to help match up the like sizes.

Barry

 

[gottahaveahoove]

mine has 97 branches

not 100, but 97. They are all the same, and come in little brown paper sleeves.I remember, on SUMMER, my sister and I were bored. So, we decided to put up the tree..... it was August!! "Mom" was NOT happy! Sam Addison just got a new color wheel on Amazon. I'm contemplating.......................

 

[cmbcool01]

Eggnog is the best i usually just buy the non alcoholic stuff from the grocery store and then mix in some whiskey, rum or brandy or whatever i have that mixes well

 

[kirbyklekter]

I'd get the color wheel!

@gottahaveahoove, you'll be glad you did. It's kind of fun having the option to use and you can use it in conjunction with what you would normally use. We were told not to put electric lights on the aluminum foil trees that were made of metal for obvious reasons. They later came out with trees that were reflective like the aluminum trees but made of something plastic I believe. Some people use two light wheels,one on each side, some mounted the wheel from above. My grandfather built a motorized tree stand for the aluminum tree so it would slowly turn. It worked well with the color wheel, changes your perception of the colors as they changed. Hard to explain but it worked. You can't use the motorized stand with a tree that has electric lights because the cord would get yanked as the tree revolved. Did anybody run a train around their tree? In grade school we all made paper chains from colored paper to bring home for the tree. Tinsel (sp?) after they made it lead free! Bubble lights used to present fire danger back when they were filled with colored alcohol, now they use water in them. If they made a set of lights with vacuum cleaners I'd buy them!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I put up 4 trees.

One is all bubble lights. People love them. My late cat, "Arthur", sat, mesmerized by the little bubbles, his head bobbing along in rhythm.

 

[kirbyklekter]

I love the bubble lights.

My cats were mesmerized by the percolating glass lights also. One thought the tree would make a nicely scented scratching post. Glad I was there to discourage any further use of said tree for that.One year I added Miracle Grow every time I filled the tree stand with water, just to see if it would help to keep the tree from dropping a lot of needles. Not only did it keep the tree fresh but the tree continued to sprout new growth at the ends if most branches, not as much as if it were still planted in the ground, but hey! I know they have products on the market made to be sprayed on to seal moisture in the tree as well.