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Frank Haviland's avatar

Cheers Mark, I've always wanted to know what eggnog was - might be brave enough to try it now!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

My pleasure, Frank. Careful, it's addicting. 😉

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John K Adams's avatar

Great piece, Mark. You brought a few memories to mind.

I loved eggnog when I was a kid, before I learned about the pirates in my ancestry. Then I learned about nutmeg which was the real draw. And then I learned about adding rum. But then it occurred to me that would be a waste of rum. Why not just drink the rum? And so on.

Merry Christmas!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Arrrrr! Merry Christmas ya old pirate. 😀

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Jackie Dana's avatar

I absolutely adore eggnog, And you’re right, it does taste like custard. In fact, my local grocery store sells holiday custard, which is just eggnog without the nutmeg. And that realization threw me because I don’t like nutmeg but I still like eggnog.

One of the saddest things this year was finding out that Starbucks wasn’t going to be selling eggnog lattes. Just about broke my heart because I really looked forward to it. And while eggnog and coffee is OK, it’s not the same.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I learned a lot about eggnog writing this. I wonder why Starbucks stopped selling the eggnog lattes. I would think they would be very popular. A good opening for the competition. 😉

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Elizabeth Denson's avatar

I love eggnog! Great piece.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thank you, Elizabeth. Enjoy your eggs and grog! 😉

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

I loved eggnog as a kid. To the point of learning how to make it myself. I discovered people print books with food instructions for making things like eggnog! How cool! I learned that electric beaters are much easier than hand whisks, and blenders are even easier. I learned that the fanciest eggnog involves separating eggs. I learned that separating eggs is hard. I learned that eggnog made by just dumping eggs in the blender still tastes great.

I learned a lot, thanks to eggnog.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

I didn’t know you were an eggspert on eggnog. I would have asked you to fact check my story. 😉🥚

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