EGGNOG is made with milk, eggs, sugar and alcohol. It’s what people drink this time of year to celebrate having nothing to do and maybe because Jesus drank it too? Drinking eggnog out of the carton is wrong, however, and will not be tolerated in the fine District of Columbia, where we hope Senators die and wave loaded guns at kids, and sometimes shoot kids. Where to get the good shit in DC:
- Tryst: At this spot in Adams Morgan where all the cool kids hang out, you can get eggnog loaded with spices and different alcohols. They also serve other festive holiday drinks like Hot Toddies.
- Blue Duck Tavern: Here your eggnog comes with bourbon, dark rum and brandy. It’s strong and good.
- Tabard Inn: Best part about this place is that you get to enjoy your alcohol by the fire. Their other holiday specialty is mulled wine, with cinnamon, cloves, orange, cardamom and star anise.
- Georgetown Cupcake: God forbid there not be cupcakes made with eggnog. At Georgetown Cupcake, you can enjoy a chocolate eggnog cupcake, which is a cupcake infused with rum, cinnamon, and nutmeg topped with a rum — and nutmeg-infused cream cheese frosting. Powers of alcohol when in cupcake form are unfortunately negligible.
- Equinox: This famous restaurant visited by the Obama’s has an eggnog happy hour, but the restaurant’s kitchen just burnt down, so you can’t drink eggnog there until next Christmas. Oh well.
{ 1 comment }
I like to make mulled cider. Pour a gallon (or more, per the crowd) of apple cider into a pot. In a cheesecloth, tie up the following: several sticks of cinnamon, several cloves, some crushed fennel seeds, vanilla (from a bean, not that extract stuff — the taste is noticeably different) and drop it in the cider. Add nutmeg and orange zest (they won’t stay in the cheesecloth anyway) and heat up without letting it boil. Then pour yourself some and add bourbon or rum to your mug for a fine winter beverage.
Comments on this entry are closed.