Egg Nog Recipe Ideas and Other Info

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Seasons Greetings, Sara, and all REALmilk supporters !!!

Relative to eggnog, I have some ideas that I wanted to share with you

and the group.

Idea # 1: There is a product from Oregon Chai (www.oregonchai.com) -

Chai Nog

Chai Tea Latte. The drink is made with 1/2 Chai Nog and 1/2 milk or

milk substitute.

It is quite tasty. Notice that it has ginger and vanilla for spice.

The ingredients for Chai Nog:

Water, organic evaporated cane juice, organic black tea, natural

flavors,

organic vanilla*, organic spices*, honey, citric acid and organic

ginger*.

( * = extracts).

Idea # 2: If one doesn't have " good " cream, I saw a recipe that uses 1

1/2 cup raw milk,

2 eggs, 1 Tbsp. honey, 1 tsp. vanilla and a dusting of nutmeg.

In the book " Not Milk, Nut Milks " , there is a recipe for " Mock Eggnog

Cashew Milk "

ISBN 0-88007-218-0 (trade paper). Author: Candia Lea Cole

It is too involved to tell you how to make it, but there is about 2 1/2

to 3 cups of

liquid cashew " milk " , and then the following amounts of additional

ingredients,

which will give you an idea of ratios of sweeteners and spices.

3/4-1 tsp grated lemon rind

Scant 1/2 tsp. nutmeg powder

2-3 Tbsp. honey

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

dash of cinnamon

dash of barley malt sweetener powder or pinch of sucanat (optional)

Idea # 3: One could use real milk and good eggs to make about 3 cups

liquid,

then add the other ingred. above. (maybe 2 cups milk and 3-4 ?? eggs to

make

up the other cup).

Idea # 4: Make up the Rice Milk or Almond Drink recipe from Nourishing

Traditions,

page 592, and use as base for egg nog - just add some eggs and spices

as desired.

Do you think fermented grain or nut drink will work for egg nog ??

I have not tried any of these " make 'yer own " ideas yet, but will try

some and

let you know which one(s) I like. Why not give them a try too !!!

Notice that vanilla is used in all the recipes.

Idea # 5: Oh ya, you may also want to add a " DASHer " of rum or rum

flavoring !!

Regarding nutmeg - I got some whole nutmeg at my health food store - I

believe

it was from Frontier. And, there is a company, Bounds Ltd.

that makes

over 200 styles of chef's mills - one is designed for nutmeg. I found

my combo

salt/pepper mill at Bed, Bath and Beyond but don't know if they carry

the nutmeg mill.

So I don't have any experience with their nutmeg mill, but their mills

appear to be

high quality - 25 year guarantee on the grinding mechanism. And,

believe it or not,

they are made with pride in America (USA).

For more info, visit their website, or call toll-free #:

www.wmboundsltd.com 1-

Happy Holidays to all - Bob Rowe

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> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:45:05 -0600

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> Subject: Re: Meals For Kids-Was Alert Sara and Lunch Containers

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> Yummy! Can you get me started with a typical recipe, like 1 cup milk,

> 1 cup cream? I have no idea as to proportions, at the least at the

> beginning. Fresh grated nutmeg? Sounds about as yummy as fresh

> grated ginger! Where do you get fresh nutmeg?

> Sara

> Meals For Kids-Was Alert Sara and Lunch

> Containers

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> We have been enjoying egg nog lately-for breakfast and treats. Just

> whip

> together milk, cream, eggs and honey to taste. Top with a little

> freshly grated

> nutmeg. Delicious!

> Kathy