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In the spirit of the Holiday Season, today's topics is eggnog. Please see the transcript for more detail.
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The Quick Sip is a 2 minute snippet brought to you by What's The Juice? - Americas Source For Wine Talk Radio.
In the spirit of the Holiday Season, today's topics is eggnog. Please see the transcript for more detail.
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Egg Nog, or Egg and Grogg in a Noggin, on this Quick Sip - from What's The Juice? - America's Source For Wine Talk Radio.
This is Brad Dunn, your host.
So it's the holidays again and everybody's whipping up their favorite recipe for that traditional frothy, creamy libation: eggnog.
But who came up with this crazy concoction?
Well, Eggnog actually has a fascinating history:
The possible origins date back to medieval England and a beverage called 'POSSET' which combined hot milk with wine or ale. (Lady MacBeth actually poisoned some guards with a tainted batch of POSSET).
A drink similar to the EGG FLIP - served in a noggin (a wooden mug of the times) - made with hot milk, eggs and brandy also became popular with England's aristocracy - that stuff was expensive.
This traditional beverage found it's way across the Atlantic to the English colonies. BUT, while eggs and milk were ple...
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