Eggnog History Part 2
W.L. Sheppard drawing entitled Christmas in the South, Eggnog Party, 1870, Courtesy of the Library of Congress
This is an annotation for a WPA era Kentucky eggnog recipe. It’s from the America eats collection housed in the Library of Congress archives.
“Before prohibition on every Kentucky bar there was a giant punch bowl full of eggnog a week or so before Christmas until well after the new year. In the home it made its appearance on Christmas morning and there was always an ample supply, even for the [ African-American domestic servants]”
Kentucky Eggnog Recipe
Ingredients
12 eggs
12 tablespoons of your best whiskey
12 tablespoons of sugar
12 tablespoons of Jamaican rum
1 and ½ pints heavy cream whipped.
Instructions
Beat the yolks and sugar together until very light. Then add the liquor slowly, next to the whites, beaten to a stiff froth, and then one pint and a half of cream, whipped.