{"id":4700,"date":"2025-12-13T08:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T19:21:29","slug":"with-eggnog-you-know-the-holiday-season-is-upon-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4700","title":{"rendered":"With Eggnog, you know the holiday season is upon us!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/<br \/> table.MsoNormalTable<br \/>\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";<br \/>\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br \/>\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br \/>\tmso-style-noshow:yes;<br \/>\tmso-style-parent:\"\";<br \/>\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;<br \/>\tmso-para-margin:0cm;<br \/>\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br \/>\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\tfont-size:10.0pt;<br \/>\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";<br \/>\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;<br \/>\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;<br \/>\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}<br \/><\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s an eggnog bowl! Let the festivities begin!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Here\u2019s a recipe for traditional \u2013 real eggs and cream \u2013 eggnog.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Enjoy! Cheers!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2-868x1024.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2-1302x1536.jpg 1302w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eggnog2.jpg 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>12 eggs, separated<br \/>\n6 cups milk<br \/>\n2 cups heavy\/ thickened cream<br \/>\n2 cups bourbon<br \/>\n1+ 1\/2 cups sugar<br \/>\n3\/4 cup brandy<br \/>\n2 teaspoons ground nutmeg<\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Directions<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In a large bowl and using a mixer, beat the egg yolks together with the sugar for approx 10 minutes (you want the mixture to be firm and the colour of butter).<\/li>\n<li>Very slowly, add in the bourbon and brandy \u2013 just a little at a time.<\/li>\n<li>When bourbon and brandy have been added, allow the mixture to cool in the fridge (for up to 6 hours, depending on how long before your party you\u2019re making the eggnog).<\/li>\n<li>30 minutes before your guests arrive, stir the milk into the chilled yolk mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in 1+ 1\/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, beat the cream with a mixer on high speed until the cream forms stiff peaks.<\/li>\n<li>In yet another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold the cream into the egg mixture.<\/li>\n<li>After ladling into cups, garnish with the remainder of the ground nutmeg.<\/li>\n<li>Serves: 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You&#8217;ll be interested to read&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eggnog has a rather rich history<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=16322\"><strong>Return to a 2025 Christmas Wish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s an eggnog bowl! Let the festivities begin! Here\u2019s a recipe for traditional \u2013 real eggs and cream \u2013 eggnog. Enjoy! Cheers! &nbsp; Ingredients 12 eggs, separated 6 cups milk 2 cups heavy\/ thickened cream 2 cups bourbon 1+ 1\/2 cups sugar 3\/4 cup brandy 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg Directions In a large bowl and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16490,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions\/16490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}