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By: Drinking Eggstacy | The Mixoloseum

Drinking Eggstacy | The Mixoloseum — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:41:21 +0000

[...] there is a well established history of egg usage in drinks during the Christmas season. Wassail, Tom & Jerry, and of course, egg nog all rely on eggs to achieve their rich seasonal goodness. But historically, [...]

By: The Wassail Bowl | Trader Tiki's Booze Blog

The Wassail Bowl | Trader Tiki's Booze Blog — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:43:15 +0000

[...] hefts up the Brandy, and adds a whole lot of egg. This seems more in the tradition of an Egg Nog or Tom and Jerry, with a big foamy dope hefting the liquid about. I’ll admit to not having yet made it, as [...]

By: Wassail Bowl! | The Mixoloseum

Wassail Bowl! | The Mixoloseum — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:19:50 +0000

[...] up the Brandy, and adds a whole lot of egg. This seems more in the tradition of an Egg Nog or Tom and Jerry, with a big foamy dope hefting the liquid about. I’ll admit to not having yet made it, as [...]

By: Blair, aka Trader Tiki

Blair, aka Trader Tiki — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:13:16 +0000

Brett,

thanks for noticing. First things first, the adding the rum while making the batter can tend to make it wear down a bit faster, due to the increased liquid content. Though that may just be a superstition on my part.

It also helps to have the non-alcoholic batter to add hot milk to, so that kids or teetotalers can enjoy it too. Besides, you’re going to be putting plenty of Rum in it when serving.

I like the St. Liz idea, might have to use that in my next batch!

By: Brett (thebureau)

Brett (thebureau) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:08:07 +0000

Thanks for the nice tweaks, especially the cream of tartar — I whipped up a batch on a what has hitherto been the coldest night of the year and it was just perfect! (I added 1 barspoon of St. Liz because I ran out of ground allspice, but maybe that also relates to my comment below)

I am curious as to why you didn’t include the 1/2 glass of rum that Thomas’ recipe called for — was this due to scaling (i.e., a 1/2 glass for a punchbowl becomes insignificant when scaled down by approximately 1/4th)? Or was it due to taste?

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:20:08 +0000

I have eyeballed this recipe often. Great to see the step by step instructions. Was going to do some hot buttered rum for a tree trimming party — think I’m going to have to switch it up to this. Thanks!