/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I had some for the first time about a week ago; it tasted like an all-encompasing, amalgamation of christmas flavors.

Was too sweet and thick imo.

>>8404

Little bit of hooch balances it out.

if it was available year round, i'd be dead right now. nutmeg, no cinnamon. what hooch do you guys add? i use wild turkey 101 proof bourbon. very strong brown sugar, vanilla, and orange zest notes go well with nog. i also have some kraken black spiced rum, and i've been thinking of trying it out in nog too.

>>8414

Generally Jack Daniel's, Wild Turkey just doesn't sit well anymore.

>>8414

>if it was available all year round

You can make it yourself any time of the year, you know.

>last year

>sister bought me a bottle of promised land old fashioned eggnog

>i'm fuckin' hooked now

>this year

>oh shit, they're out

>fuck it, get a gallon of borden's eggnog

>tastes like thick, slightly sweet, slightly salty milk

>not even worth the calories

>every sip tastes like disappointment

on behalf of myself, and anyone who was ever turned off of eggnog because of this sad excuse for a beverage, FUCK YOU BORDEN'S

>>8451

Have you ever had Promised Land's chocolate milk? It's some of the best.

>>8422

any particular recipe you'd recommend?

>>8422

Milk, cream, eggs, and sugar may be available year round,

Booze and vanilla extract may store reasonably well,

But where the hell are you supposed to find cinnamon and nutmeg and whatever other spices you need outside of the November 10 - January 14 season????

>>9071

do you live in a 3rd world country or something?

>>9072

I do, as a matter-of-fact.

Murrica!

>>9073

I live in a town in the 3rd world part of America, and I can find common spices like cinnamon and nutmeg at any grocer all year round.

>>9074

I have yet to find quality spices at any grocery store, and yes the co-op fancy store is included in that list.

Grocery gets you mediocre preground stale shit.

Nutmeg and cinnamon in particular go foul fast when preground.

Good luck finding any variety of stick cinnamon at all, anywhere.

TLDR: your spices probably suck, but I guess if you're ok with that, eggnog in July.

>>9092

it's pretty damn easy to find whole nutmeg in grocery stores, and if you're anal enough to care that cassia =/= cinnamon then you probably don't drink eggnog in the first place. that said, you can order pretty much anything you want online.

>>9093

>damn easy to find whole nutmeg in grocery stores

Not where I am, son.

>>9094

Where do you live, the ass end of Alaska? I've been from coast to coast, and nutmeg and cinnamon sticks (let alone ground cinnamon) is idiotically common to find in baking sections.

I think if you can go to a Dollar General or something like that, they have cheap ground up spice at some of those places if your normal stores don't for some reason. Either that or order online from somewhere if they have to fly shit in from a waterplane where you live or something.