Since we're now in the early throes of the holiday season (for reals), here's the first in a possibly ongoing series of eggnog reports. (Haters can go drink their haterade)
This AM while on a not-terribly early morning biscuit run, I stopped in at Starbucks (I know... I know... but it was on the way and all the decent local places were out of the way) and had an eggnog latte. Which I've been having at least one or two of nearly every year for the past decade. And I wanna tell you this was hands down the worst incarnation of the drink I have tasted. Evah! Poorly foamed. Not enough coffee. And enough nutmeg to induce hallucinations in small animals. Feh, I say.
On a much weirder, but more encouraging front, I picked up something called eggnog fudge at Fresh Market the other day. I still haven't quite decided what the consistency is. It's not quite fudge. But it's not all the way to taffy, either. Somewhere between fudge and caramel. So yes, it's eggnog in candy form. Intense and concentrated and completely deranged. I likes it.
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what i want is a single serving of the thickets, best eggnogg. i don't really want a whole quart of the stuff around the house. but i want to have one glass every year-- and these days my mom buys the low fat stuff.
me, i can't stay away from the starbucks peppermint mochas at this time of year. i'm going to try to delay my initial foray into that area for at least another week or so, because once i start drinking them...
for single servings of quality stuff, your best bet is probably to make it yrself. last year, alton brown did a whole show on eggnog (it'll probably be re-run this december). of course, that would require working with eggs which might be further than you want to go for a glass of eggnog.
just don't leave the cups in the MCR!