(This picture is SO inappropriate. I LOVE it!) (photo source)
Let’s talk about eggnog.
My opinion about eggnog is this: I like…well LIKE is not entirely accurate…I’ll obligingly HAVE one very small glass during the holiday season, served ICE cold, and I do mean ICE cold with a splash of whiskey. After that I do not want another glass until the following year, when Christmas tradition dictates that I drink it. In fact, I don’t really want to be in the same room with eggnog after my token glass. Just watching others drink it and seeing the thick remnants on the glass makes me feel a little sick on the inside.
My husband on the other hand would swim laps in eggnog if I allowed it. He guzzles glass after glass, practically tonguing the glass to get every.last.drop. (That last sentence isn’t entirely true. He actually stands at the refrigerator and tongues it straight from the carton. *shudder*)
I just cannot imagine! The thickness! The richness! The word “nog.” It’s too much, I say! It’s too much! Blech.
Where do you stand on this most important of holiday issues?
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Ashlie- Mommycosm
December 18, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I remember liking egg nog as a kid, but I can’t seem to choke it down as a adult. I love the smell though. It’s just the thickness? raw egginess??
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Trenches of Mommyhood
December 18, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Not.A.Fan.
At.All.
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Stephanie
December 18, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I HATE eggnog!! John LOVES it. I cant even watch him drink it.
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mollie
December 18, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I’m with you. It is like drinking yogurt. Sick.
I’ll just take the whiskey with a splash of eggnog, please.
NOG. What is that?
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shannon
December 18, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I love eggnog, but I prefer homemade to the artificially thickened and fake rum flavor of store bought. Even better though is mulled wine! I had this at the Christmas Market here in Frankfurt this year and it is good enough to (almost) make me brave the crowds for another cup of gluhwein.
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Anglophile Football Fanatic
December 18, 2008 at 4:09 pm
WOW on the picture. I cannot stand the stuff. Eeek.
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mom, again
December 18, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I’m a yes, with my favorite variations being home-made (which can be less rich if you want) and ‘Boiled Custard’ which can be found in some parts of the south beside the eggnog in the dairy case. Again, much less rich.
Here in the UK, you can get many yummy things ready made, but not egg nog. I actually had forgotten how much I usually consume, wasn’t missing it. Now may have to make some.
wright
December 18, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Oh, the NOG. I like it, but I undersatnd your feelings. The thickness is a bit strange. Oh well!
Marilyn Porter
December 18, 2008 at 4:26 pm
At least you’ll choke down a glass of the stuff. If someone were to offer me a glass of it I might run screaming from the room. HATE THE STUFF. I hate all creamy drinks (and that includes milk… I was raised on non-fat). And yes, my husband adores the stuff too. BLEEEECH! (though I do agree, if I did have to drink it, it would DEFINITELY have to be ICE cold.)
Bec
December 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Fortunately the whole egg nog situation isn’t a big thing in Australia. Weirdos like my MIL sometimes insist we go the nog, but by and large we don’t really drink it.
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Karly
December 18, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I’ve actually never tasted it. I’ve tried. Oh, how I’ve tried. My husband buys it every year and begs and pleads and I get a glass and I put it by my mouth but I JUST CAN’T MAKE MYSELF DRINK IT. I dunno why, but something about egg nog just makes me want to die.
jerseygirl89
December 18, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Eggnog reminds me of the stuff they made me drink before having an abdominal scan.
As in, EWWWWW.
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kristin
December 18, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I can’t stand Eggnog and don’t the novelty of it all. . .EWWW!
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Mags
December 18, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I can’t stand egg nog…my husband LOVES it and drinks it all month long.
My dad always makes Brandy Alexander on Christmas Eve & Day. I love having that every year. It sucked when I had to forgo it when I was pregnant with my youngest. My siblings were fighting over my share.
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Natalie
December 18, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Eggnog is grody to the max, man.
That’s about all I have to say about it. Give me the liquor, skip the nog.
Angie@ Keep Believing
December 18, 2008 at 6:23 pm
eggnog = good
KEEP BELIEVING
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Rachael
December 18, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I freaking hate egg nog. It’s nasty. And trying to bribe me by making it “real” and putting alcohol in it does not help.
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Erin
December 18, 2008 at 8:04 pm
*gag* Egg nog…no thank you!
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Robin
December 18, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I could have written that. I have literally bought GALLONS of it since the first day it hit the shelf. Not for me or the kids, but for my husband. He has shared with the kids twice, I think. I MIGHT have one glass (appropriately spiked of course), but not more than that. It’s just not my thing. I haven’t had a glass yet this year, but I might be coerced on Christmas. Maybe.
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Heather, Queen of Shake Shake
December 19, 2008 at 6:43 am
I won’t die if I don’t have any at all.
But I may die from all of these Christmas crafts I bought. Damn teacher!
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emily
December 19, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I have to be quite honest…not sure if I have ever had it! I do like eggs, and I do like a little booze every now and again, I might just be a fan…
tracey
December 19, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I’m ooookay with it. It’s not great. BUT. BUT BUT BUT. My kids, the pickiest kids ever, will drink it. So I make sure to have it on hand this season!
tracey
December 19, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Also? Why do my comments never have commentluv enabled for the first comment? Where’s the Luv?
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Texan Mama
December 19, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Nasty.
And, since I don’t know, does it actually have EGGS in it? Like RAW EGGS? Just the name of it makes me think it does, so even if it doesn’t, it is still gross to me.
And those spices? I’m just not into it. Gimme Bailey’s Irish Cream any day.
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Ashley @ mrs007.com
December 20, 2008 at 1:34 am
ok that picture is just hilarious. and about the egg nog situation. I am not a big fan either. I don’t think it tastes bad, it really is just a consistency thing.
I do know one surefire way to make it good every time! We have the Christmas-tini at our house. Eggnog, vanilla vodka, Kahlua, a splash of chocolate syrup and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
It’s not too thick, it goes down easy and before you know it you and your hubby are rolling around on the floor next to the wrapping paper and all of the gifts you were supposed to be wrapping before all the Christmas-tini’s!
Oh no was that an over share? oops
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Fairly Odd Mother
December 20, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Here’s the thing: I love eggnog but can only drink it 1-2x/year. Kind of like how I love pumpkin pie but will only eat it at Thanksgiving.
But, and try not to vomit on your screen, I need to drink it HOT. Yes, Hot. I’m the only one I know who does this but I L-O-V-E it this way (with a splash of brandy).
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Devilish Southern Belle
December 21, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I love egg nog, but never have very much of it.
UrbanVox
December 21, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I find that picture very…
educative…
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Jenny
December 21, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Love the picture!
heather...
December 23, 2008 at 2:40 am
Just give me the whiskey. Eggnog is the grossest thing EVER.
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