What is egg nog?

Question

I dont think australia has it, or if we do, its called something else. I always hear it on american tv shows xmas episodes. Also, Whats root beer? Is it like ginger beer?

Answer 1

It is a traditional drink that we in the states drink at Christmas with or without the brandy.

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.

Root Beer:
The soft drink version of root beer is non-alcoholic and is generally made using root beer extract or other flavored syrups along with carbonated water. The soft drink version of root beer constitutes about 3% of the American soft drink market.

Ginger Beer:
A beverage, once popular in the United Kingdom, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger, water, sugar, cream of tartar, yeast, and water. Lemon peel and juice or citric acid may also be added. Ginger beer is bottled before fermentation is complete. It is carbonated and mildly alcoholic.

Answer 2

Eggnog (or egg nog) is a type of milk-based beverage popular in North America (and to a lesser extent in the United Kingdom). Eggnog is associated with winter celebrations such as Christmas and New Year's and traditionally presented in a punchbowl, although can also be prepared in a cocktail shaker as a bar drink. It is made with milk, cream, sugar, beaten eggs, which give it a frothy texture, and flavoured with ground nutmeg and liquor—rum, brandy, or whisky. Commercial, non-alcoholic eggnog is available around Christmas time and the winter holidays in North American grocery stores.


Root beer is a dark beverage that comes in two forms, alcoholic and as a soft drink. The alcoholic version is made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, artificial sassafras root bark flavoring (the pure form is mildly carcinogenic), nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other ingredients.

The soft drink version of root beer is non-alcoholic and is generally made using root beer extract or other flavored syrups along with carbonated water. The soft drink version of root beer constitutes about 3% of the American soft drink market.[1]

Many local brands of root beer exist, and homemade root beer is made from concentrate or (rarely) from actual roots. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic root beers have a thick and foamy head when poured.

Answer 3

Eggnog (or egg nog) is a type of milk-based beverage popular in North America (and to a lesser extent in the United Kingdom). Eggnog is associated with winter celebrations such as Christmas and New Year's and traditionally presented in a punchbowl, although can also be prepared in a cocktail shaker as a bar drink. It is made with milk, cream, sugar, beaten eggs, which give it a frothy texture, and flavoured with ground nutmeg and liquor—rum, brandy, or whisky. Commercial, non-alcoholic eggnog is available around Christmas time and the winter holidays in North American grocery stores and this variant is available all year round in Australian stores. The origins of Eggnog are debatable, but one theory is that it originated from posset (a medieval European beverage made with hot milk).

Modern eggnog typically consists of milk, eggs, and sugar mixed together, and may be served with or without added spirits. Other ingredients include spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, or allspice. Frequently cream is substituted for some portion of the milk, which makes a much richer drink. Toppings may include vanilla ice cream, eggnog flavored ice cream, or whipped cream.

Eggnog can be produced from homemade recipes; however, ready-made eggnog containing alcohol and "just-add-alcohol" versions are available for purchase. Whiskey, rum, brandy, or cognac are often added. Since the 1960s, eggnog has often been served cold and without alcohol, both of which are significant departures from its historical origins. In North America, a few soymilk manufacturers offer seasonally-available, soy-based alternatives for vegans and those with dairy or milk allergies. Eggnog may be added as a flavouring to food or other drinks.

Root beer is a dark beverage that comes in two forms, alcoholic and as a soft drink. The alcoholic version is made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, artificial sassafras root bark flavoring (the pure form is mildly carcinogenic), nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other ingredients.

The soft drink version of root beer is non-alcoholic and is generally made using root beer extract or other flavored syrups along with carbonated water. The soft drink version of root beer constitutes about 3% of the American soft drink market.[1]

Many local brands of root beer exist, and homemade root beer is made from concentrate or (rarely) from actual roots. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic root beers have a thick and foamy head when poured.

Ingredients may include allspice, birch bark, coriander, juniper, ginger, wintergreen, hops, burdock root, dandelion root, spikenard, pipsissewa, guaiacum, yellow dock, honey, clover, cinnamon, prickly ash bark, quillaia, and yucca.

Because of their pleasant flavour and medical properties some of the root beer ingredients have also occasionally been used in other products such as toothpaste, soap and medicine. This could explain why some people tasting root beer for the first time say that it reminds them of these products.

Due to the wide variety of ingredients possible the flavor of root beer is widely variable between brands. This is especially true of local brands. The root beer flavor spectrum can be used to classify the variation in flavor between different brews.

Root beer is very similar in taste to sarsaparilla, which may also be called root beer.

In Britain, there are several different root beers, which rose to prominence with the temperance movement in the 20th century. These include sarsaparilla, dandelion and burdock, and ginger beer. They were strongly flavored drinks that people could use as an alternative to alcoholic beverages, and there tended to be a strong local preference for one of these. Well into the 1960s, these outsold cola drinks.

Answer 4

Greeks are fa mes for that ,all family's fiat their Chileans in the morny with fresh egg nag.
you take 2 egg yokes put 2 spoons of sugar in Coffey cup and you bipartite atilt tern whit ,then you spread it an the bred is very yummy.and very healthy

Answer 5

eggnog is eggs and nut nag and root beer is pop it,s food colouring and loads of sugar Bart'sis the best.

Answer 6

I saw a picture of a quick description of eggnog, its fresh eggs and milk.

Answer 7

A sweet drink made with egg yolks. You can put rum in it.

Answer 8

look it up here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_nog