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Opus the Poet wrote:And somehow Nadette has managed to fit her torso between Atsali's breasts.

Catawampus wrote:Well, apparently there is a fairly substantial amount of space therein in which to fit one's self. I wouldn't be that surprised to see little sis pop out of that region and spoil the moment.

Nah, the lil' weed already got the cleavage cookies.

DilyV wrote:I never could drink it.. I just call it ugh nog... LOL

Me too . . .


Feliz Navidad!

--FreeFlier

I've never had eggnog with alcohol in it. But the nonalcoholic version is pretty tasty.

Though I prefer hot cocoa made with milk instead of water, with about a tea spoon of vanilla extract, and a dollop of marshmallow cream. The dollop should (if possible) be at least the size of a campfire marshmallow.

Eggnog is not bad but i have to pass on the hot chocolate. My favorite hoilday or even just a great cold weather drink is hot cider with a dollop of caramel stirred in, tastes just like a sour caramel apple.

Alkarii wrote:I've never had eggnog with alcohol in it. But the nonalcoholic version is pretty tasty.

A few years ago, I found Southern Comfort-branded eggnog. It was apparently blended as a mixer, because it did not have any of the whiskey-like flavoring I find in other non-alcoholic versions. Rather flat, as it were.

I like nog in small quantities, as I am very fond of the taste of nutmeg. Anything more than a small amount has too much sugar for me... I have some reactive hypoglycemia and will "crash" an hour or so later and feel awful. Alcohol in the nog would make the crash even worse. A binge such as the gals are about to partake in, would ruin the rest of the day and probably the next.

DilyV wrote:I never could drink it.. I just call it ugh nog... LOL

Eggnog, boiled custard, and similar ilk. . .I neither like them nor dislike them. I'm happy enough to drink it if it's served to me, but I'm not going to make any effort to go out and find some.

Lee M wrote:I also think eggnog is evil, but I may just be playing Devil's Advocaat here.

You might stand a snowball's chance in Hell if you try doing that too much, though.

Alkarii wrote:Though I prefer hot cocoa made with milk instead of water, with about a tea spoon of vanilla extract, and a dollop of marshmallow cream. The dollop should (if possible) be at least the size of a campfire marshmallow.

I generally make mine in a double-boiler, so I can melt the chocolate and add some heavy cream and whatever spices I might feel like adding. And maybe something like a little ginger-flavoured or hazelnut-flavoured brandy as well.

oldmanmickey wrote:My favorite hoilday or even just a great cold weather drink is hot cider with a dollop of caramel stirred in, tastes just like a sour caramel apple.

Around here they make it by getting a bottle of apple juice from off of the shelf, pouring it into a pot or a slow-cooker, and then dumping a bunch of those little red cinnamon candies into it. It is utterly horrifying.

Catawampus wrote: . . .

oldmanmickey wrote:My favorite hoilday or even just a great cold weather drink is hot cider with a dollop of caramel stirred in, tastes just like a sour caramel apple.

Around here they make it by getting a bottle of apple juice from off of the shelf, pouring it into a pot or a slow-cooker, and then dumping a bunch of those little red cinnamon candies into it. It is utterly horrifying.

Hmmm . . . I'll have to try that . . .



I would disagree with horrifying, but it does not sound very good.

One I found quite good was Lesbo brand apple tea . . . it's turkish, and the place I got mine has stopped carrying it.

--FreeFlier

FreeFlier wrote:

Catawampus wrote: . . .

oldmanmickey wrote:My favorite hoilday or even just a great cold weather drink is hot cider with a dollop of caramel stirred in, tastes just like a sour caramel apple.

Around here they make it by getting a bottle of apple juice from off of the shelf, pouring it into a pot or a slow-cooker, and then dumping a bunch of those little red cinnamon candies into it. It is utterly horrifying.

Hmmm . . . I'll have to try that . . .



I would disagree with horrifying, but it does not sound very good.

One I found quite good was Lesbo brand apple tea . . . it's turkish, and the place I got mine has stopped carrying it.

--FreeFlier

i use alpine spiced cider. yes its instant but still very good

oldmanmickey wrote:

FreeFlier wrote: . . . One I found quite good was Lesbo brand apple tea . . . it's turkish, and the place I got mine has stopped carrying it.

i use alpine spiced cider. yes its instant but still very good

That's what I use when I can't get the Lesbo.

I'm primarily a tea-drinker, though.

--FreeFlier

What I've never understood is this new Apple Ale stuff. Beer brewed with cider? Ew.

jwhouk wrote:What I've never understood is this new Apple Ale stuff. Beer brewed with cider? Ew.

Hard cider is arguably a more authentic American brew than grain beer is. It's got a long history dating back to pre-revolutionary times. It wasn't until the mid-1800s that beer began to replace hard cider as the tipple of choice.

jwhouk wrote:What I've never understood is this new Apple Ale stuff. Beer brewed with cider? Ew.

Dave wrote:Hard cider is arguably a more authentic American brew than grain beer is. It's got a long history dating back to pre-revolutionary times. It wasn't until the mid-1800s that beer began to replace hard cider as the tipple of choice.

Yep. From things I've read, cider was the main reason for growing apples before prohibition . . . eating apples were a minor thing before then.

--FreeFlier

jwhouk wrote:What I've never understood is this new Apple Ale stuff. Beer brewed with cider? Ew.

If you look it up, its just ale with apple flavour...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/per ... e/2442883/

If its not fermented, it's just apple juice/ flavour...

The really revolting thing lately is hard cider with hops. Eewww.

I don't even like over-hopped beers/ales/stout/porters. (IPA, yuck.) Hopped cider is disgusting.

OTOH, there's the Autumn cider that Woodchuck makes, with spices. Missed getting any this year.

I wish someone 'round here sold perry - i've never tried it.

miss Annie had to go gluten-free... hard cider is now her quaff of choice...

AnotherFairportfan wrote:The really revolting thing lately is hard cider with hops. Eewww.

I don't even like over-hopped beers/ales/stout/porters. (IPA, yuck.) Hopped cider is disgusting.

OTOH, there's the Autumn cider that Woodchuck makes, with spices. Missed getting any this year.

I wish someone 'round here sold perry - i've never tried it.

I see some brewers are making hard apple cider with ginger root... that seems like a really nice combination!

Hops and apples... yeah, I'm not sure that would be to my taste at all.

Dave wrote:

AnotherFairportfan wrote:The really revolting thing lately is hard cider with hops. Eewww.

I don't even like over-hopped beers/ales/stout/porters. (IPA, yuck.) Hopped cider is disgusting.

OTOH, there's the Autumn cider that Woodchuck makes, with spices. Missed getting any this year.

I wish someone 'round here sold perry - i've never tried it.

I see some brewers are making hard apple cider with ginger root... that seems like a really nice combination!

Hops and apples... yeah, I'm not sure that would be to my taste at all.

I'm in strong agreement with Fairport on this one. Hopped cider is worse than bad beer. And, Angry Orchard makes a ginger cider. Shouldn't be that hard to find. I like it, but like the Cinnful (Cinnamon spiced) and the Green Apple best.

Yeah, there is certainly a disconnect with what the Marketing Guys have advertised on the Label vs whats actually in the Bottle.

There is true Hard Cider out there, then there is Beer with Apple Flavouring, but the worst of all is Malt Liquor with synthetic Apple 'aroma' waved somewhere in the general direction of the can during the bottling process.

As for too much Hops, there is no such thing; it's a matter of doing it right.

Sierra Nevada Torpedoes are great, as is Shark Attack Double hopped Red (but thats more a 'red' than an IPA imho) and some others I can't at the moment recall. Its all about the execution.

That said, and despite avoiding all things Pumpkin Spice the last three months, I found I had a hankering for Egg Nog this year.

I've run through two and a half quarts since right after Thanksgiving so far and have way too many '.99/carton' eggs left not to try my hand at a made-from-scratch batch next. (There are some very, very nasty store-bought concoctions out there, beware...)

TazManiac wrote: . . . That said, and despite avoiding all things Pumpkin Spice the last three months, I found I had a hankering for Egg Nog this year.

Speaking of pumpkin-spice, one of the local stores added a spiced fruit salad to the deli lineup that contains some of the common pumpkin pie spices . . . it's pretty good, but the line between "that's pretty good" and "Yetch that's too much" is really narrow.

--FreeFlier