do people actually put eggs not cooked in egg nogg? thats disgusting?

Answer 1

Yeah they do, also in good vanilla ice cream.

Answer 2

Yes they do, I even do it. Store bought, pasteurized eggs are actually perfectly fine as 99.9999989% of the bacteria in the egg has been removed during the pasteurization process..

I live with chickens however, so I use natural freshly laid eggs. The secret to adding raw eggs to eggnog is to temper the eggs. In other words, "sorta cook it".

Since the recipe I use calls for cooking the other wet recipes together over the stove, I add a small bit of that to the eggs and then beat it in. Doing this bit by bit will heat the eggs up to a "safe" temperature while not allowing them to curdle as they would if they were just dumped in.

Answer 3

Eggnog
6 eggs
1 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup brandy
1/3 cup dark rum (Captain Morgan for best flavor, but Myers is OK)
2 cups whipping cream
2 cups milk
All liquids should be very cold. Refrigerate in advance.
Beat the eggs for 2 or 3 minutes with an electric mixer at medium speed until very frothy. Gradually beat in the sugar, vanilla and nutmeg. Turn the mixer off and stir in the cold brandy, rum, whipping cream and milk Chill before serving. Sprinkle individual servings with more nutmeg.

Makes about 2-1/2 quarts.

Answer 4

Yes, they sure do. And it tastes so good.

If that isn't for you, I do something a little differenct, but you have to keep your eye on the pot.

I use the recipe from the Betty Crocker red and white checked cookbook. But instead of raw eggs, I add the eggs and cook them slightly, over very low heat for about 20 minutes. This makes the not creamy, and the eggs are cooked....hence a better psychological feeling about the whole thing.

Answer 5

So thinks my mother, but I err on the side of my grandpa when I say "I'll have yours!"
Egg nog (homemade) uses raw eggs. So long as all the ingreediants are fresh and kept cold, you don't have much health concern. Especially if you use an egg substitute.
Store-bought, is, of course, pasturized and safe and all that.
The raw eggs just give it a richness and make it creamy. If you are at all interested in trying it, try Southern Comfort's brand (it is non-alcoholic) when it shows up. It's great with a bit of SoCo or rum, maybe some nutmeg sprinkled on top... Yum!

Answer 6

Before battery hens and other industrial farming techniques, there wasn't as much risk of salmonella and other diseases.

But I find even cooked eggs disgusting. I think it had to do with seeing all the little developing chickens in various stages in baby-food jars during the unit on eggs in second grade science class.

Answer 7

My Mom would make eggnog by taking 2 raw eggs whipping them to a forth with a tad of vanilla and adding them to warm milk or Ovaltine. And you can't taste the eggs so its not yucky at all!

Answer 8

I grew up on egg nog made from putting in raw eggs and I never got sick and the egg nog is not only delicious it is nutritious as well and better than any of that phony store bought stuff that they call egg nog.

Answer 9

Yeah. One reason I don't eat egg nog. The thought of raw eggs makes me sick!

Answer 10

Just to let you know many foods are made with raw eggs. Ever had chocolate mousse?

Answer 11

Yes, they do. And lots of other foods too. Ever heard of mayonnaise?