# Egg Nog sighting - 2015 version **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170 "2015-10-19T21:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/21 "2015-11-22T01:38:01Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I picked up a quart yesterday. I’ve been looking for it since Halloween. > > Now if I can only find the fruitcake… Look in the liquor stores. [This brand](http://www.adcockpecans.com/images/Claxton-Fruit-Cake-1lb.jpg) was always in finer package goods stores everywhere. You could probably find one baked the same year any of your children were born. Even your grown ones. This with a half pint of gin was called “wino holiday breakfast.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/22 "2015-11-22T02:56:00Z")
The pumpkin eggnog is made by Hood, as are several other flavors, like Sugar Cookie, Caramel, Cinnamon, and Vanilla. Hood got some decent review online, but I found all their flavors disgusting! It’s Southern Comfort, or Bordens, or locally bottled eggnog for me. I love eggnog. I make cookies, pudding, and cake with it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/23 "2015-11-22T05:59:55Z")
Uh, … y’all know how we get egg-nog, right? > [@What Type of Factory Makes Milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-factory-makes-milk/635373/91): > > Also, cinnamon comes from pine trees! I just discovered that a few years ago. Around December (I guess that’s when pine cones are in season), all the supermarkets around here sell cinnamon pine cones. Maybe they’ve always had them, but I just recently noticed. Who knew that cinnamon comes from pine cones? > > (And I think, if you cross a cow with a chicken and feed the babies cinnamon pine cones, they will produce egg-nog.) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/24 "2015-11-22T10:54:47Z")
> [@](#): > > (And I think, if you cross a cow with a chicken and feed the babies cinnamon pine cones, they will produce egg-nog.) …and if you cross a bunny with a chicken, you get Easter Eggs! I can’t find pumpkin eggnog here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/25 "2015-11-22T14:27:31Z")
I think the local big supermarket has dune lost their minds: Half gallon of Eggnog, $6.59. I wince at paying 4.99, so I was reduced to pointing and laughing. adds Eggnog to list for other supermarket ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/26 "2015-11-28T23:52:53Z")
Unbeknownst to me, my wife ordered a bag of egg nog taffy and it arrived today and it is wonderful. Might last until the 25th :rolleyes:. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/27 "2015-11-29T05:01:38Z")
I, alas, have a real reason for Eggnog–it makes the pills go down easier. And it has the shelf life of a Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/28 "2015-12-02T04:43:28Z")
I didn’t think much of the pumpkin spice eggnog I found at Walmart last week. It was kind of thin, and the spice was almost undectable. My mom used to grate a little nutmeg on her eggnog and it tasted very similar to that, except watered down - no hint of actual pumpkin flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Bonaventure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Bonaventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonaventure)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170/29 "2015-12-02T05:52:17Z")
Alton Brown just re-posted his recipe for homemade eggnog; he claims it can sit in the fridge for a whole year without spoiling. I guess that may be true since it appears to consist almost wholly of egg yolks, sugar and booze: > **[Classic Eggnog Recipe - Alton Brown](https://altonbrown.com/recipes/eggnog/)** > > Spiked with a blend of bourbon and dark rum, Alton Brown's classic eggnog recipe is a Christmas cocktail you'll want to sip all year long. I have to admit that I’m tempted to try it, though. I have a cup of rum and a cup of bourbon, but I hate to buy a whole bottle of cognac just for this one recipe. Maybe I can buy a bunch of those mini bottles at the liquor store. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-nog-sighting-2015-version/735170.md?page=1)