Well, it’s been a while since I’ve graced the unruly lot of you with some fancy drinks, so I decided to get back on it, and present you with two batter based hot beverages. These require a little prep work, but it can be batched to produce a large amount of batter. Both of these are hot beverages that are not just a traditional toddy.
Let’s start with the Tom and Jerry, this drink is not named after the cartoon, as it’s been around since the 1800’s. This drink does involve raw eggs, so if you have a weakened immune system, only have eggs that have been in the fridge for months, or are allergic to eggs, take a pass. You can find pasteurized eggs at some grocery stores, which will alleviate some of these risks.
To begin, we need to make the batter:
- 3 eggs separated
- ½ pound of sugar
- ¼ tsp of cinnamon
- Dash of allspice
- Dash of nutmeg
- Dash of cloves
- ½ ounce of rum
- 1 ½ tbsp vanilla extract
- Dash of bitters
Start by whipping the egg whites until they reach stiff peaks (a dash of cream of tartar can assist here, but isn’t necessary). Move the egg whites into another bowl, and start whipping the egg yolks. Once they are well beaten, add in the sugar (it’ll clump up at this point, which is fine). After the sugar/egg mixture starts to flow again, add in the spices, rum, vanilla, and bitters. Continue beating until well mixed, and then fold the egg whites back in. At this point, move it to a clean (preferably sterilized) container, and park it in the fridge.
To make the actual drink (you deserve a reward for making the batter after all), start by warming up either a small mug or an Irish Coffee mug. You’ll need the following ingredients:
- 2 ounces of the batter
- 1 ounce of rum
- 1 ounce of cognac
- 6 ounces of warmed milk
Add the batter and the liquor to the warmed glass, and top with the warmed milk and whisk it quickly to mix the ingredients together (I’m partial to a small battery powered milk frother), and garnish with some fresh grated nutmeg if you are so inclined.
Next we’ll move onto another drink that you can make up a batch of batter for. The Hot Buttered Rum, which at least for most people of my age group, was first encountered as a Life Savers flavor.
For the batter, we’ll need:
- 1 stick of butter at room temperature
- ½ cup of packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon clove
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- Pinch of salt
Put all of this into a bowl, and beat until well combined.
To make the drink, prewarm up a mug and add the following to it:
- 1 ounce of the batter
- 2 ounce of dark/spiced rum
- 6 ounces of hot water
Stir/whisk together, and garnish with a cinnamon stick if you are so inclined.
Both of the batters can scale up or down as you see fit, and can be whipped up in less time than the infamous DblEagle aged eggnog.(just in case you were procrastinating).
“½ pound of sugar” ??
Right?
Fits with 1/4 pound of butter.
One pound of butter is two cups.
Good convertor bot.
Am I the only person who uses the measurements on the wrappers of sticks of butter?
If I’m baking I use the wrapper.
Wouldn’t turn out better if you took the wrapper off?
Same as the baking pan.
so, floured?
Nope. I’ve been using them since I was old enough to make mac-n-cheese on my own.
Rice Krispy treats
I’d have thought you’d want a high precision measuring implement rather than those markers.
Also have to frequently convert from freedom units to metric with my friends. I’m fine on most stuff in my head, but within cooking and baking I’m useless and have to resort to Google.
I guess it makes a lot of drinks.
That first one sounds delicious.
The second one calls to mind “butterscotch” which makes me retch.
Try margarinescotch instead.
If you want to class it up, call it oleoscotch
Parkayscotch.
Can’t. They don’t make it in Scotland, so it’s oleowhisky
In Wisconsin, it comes with a food coloring packet to make it the right color.
I was explaining that over Christmas to my extended family. And the reasons why. Always trying to plant those libertarian seeds.
Otherwise it’s green tinted.
I was basically raised to believe that butter was evil and besides it was too expensive anyway so I never used it regularly until a few years ago.
*by raised I mean by the education and media establishments
My mom never said anything about the matter, we just only ate margarine because it was cheap
Home churned butter, cottage cheese, ice cream, things I loved about the farm
Cleaning the barn, feeding/milking cows were things I didn’t love about the farm. One of my oldest friends stopped by today and we were reminiscing about the old days. Today is better for a lot of things. Warm houses, central heat, indoor plumbing.
Agreed. I keep this in mind when I get down about all that other stuff.
With the girlfriend and I, we still dumped some of the batter a couple of days later. Butter + Rum is different then butterscotch.
I looked it up. Butterscotch is butter + brown sugar.
kinnath has three drink recipes:
1) Pull the cork from a bottle and pour contents into a glass
2) Pop the cap from a bottle and pour contents into a glass
3) Pull tap handle forward and fill a glass
Water, chilled until frozen, deposited into a glass via tongs.
Chilled carbonated water with a caramel flavoring decanted from a narrow-mouthed pitcher.
Sugar-fermented spirit tipped gingerly into glass. Don’t overegg the drink now!
Swizzle with one of those glass stir straws.
Mr High Class has glasses to drink from, all those things came straight from the bottle, as I remember and always wipe off the mouth of the bottle with your hand first.
Can’t help but think of the passage in one of the Hitchhiker’s guide books when Ford toweled off the mouth of the bottle before offering it to some girl… thereby cleaning off countless germs from that part of the towel.
I don’t understand, they all come in a glass, why do you need a second one?
Can confirm
John Madden has died.
Harry Reid has died.
I knew neither entity.
The first is a video game developer.
Dibs on THAT pile of cash.
“Harry, go forth and pave the bed of hate. The scorpions of hate await Joe. He is soon to follow. Your hell awaits.”
Madden was fun and entertaining, but his aversion to flying made me disrespect him. Is there no medication to combat claustrophobia? Air travel sucks for sure, but that’s more your government’s fault than anything else. I used to love air travel, pre-2001.
I’ve always found such an aversion to be “quirky”.
I myself don’t like flying all, and not just because of the usual reasons.
But it’s never stopped me. I just have a wild imagination, I guess.
Any word whether he regretted ending the filibuster for judicial nominees, or
This is one of those cases where if you can’t say anything nice.
I won’t say a word about the late senator
I JUST ASKED
Anyway, his colleague asked him first. Well, told him, anyway.
John Madden thoughtful quotes:
“Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they’re bigger than everybody else, and that’s what makes them the biggest guys on the field.”
“If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it’s a touchdown.”
“In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.”
“He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn’t been tackled right there.”
“Here’s a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.”
“To get more yards, it’s best to move the ball from the line of scrimmage down the field.”
“Usually the team with the most points wins the game!”
RIP to Madden who seemed like he was a good enough guy.
I agree SW. Madden brought joy to many and seemed to really care about people. HR was just a power-hungry sociopath who casually lied about political opponents to further secure power for his team.
When I was a kid, I would go onto the football field, into the endzone, and read the memorial to the rest of that team.
It always made me sad.
Pasteurized eggs?
If you have the Sous Vide, you can do yourself.
135 degrees American for 75 minutes.
Fun fact, the immersion circulator was first invented for cooking eggs (or so I’ve heard)
The Hot Buttered Rum looks good.
Tom & Jerry must be served in mugs like these from a bowl like that.
https://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/styles/resp_orig_custom_user_wide_1x/public/library/5468734539_b8b2b329db_b.jpg?itok=xN7ln-5w
Up here Tom and Jerries are so popular that you can buy pre-made batter in the grocery store.
https://heavytable.com/connollys-tom-and-jerry-batter-from-superior-wi/
Used to be that way here, but it’s disappeared in the last several years.
It has suddenly reappeared around here – two different brands that I saw.
Here’s what I hate most about going out to meet women:
The women
And
The meeting
Especially the latter, but especially the former.
I like going out, though.
The going out is the part I don’t like. I miss my 20s when people would show up to parties at my house.
I’m hosting my sister and her family for a night and I’m upset already. I can go out and pretend I could bring someone home, and that’s really all I need. Actually having people in my home, that’s a chore.
I miss the drop-in. That people would just be in the neighborhood and stop by. Now, you need to text to let them know you are going to call them about stopping by. Fuckin’ retarded.
Been working on my pickup lines. I start with, Can I get the IPA, and I seal the deal with Yeah another please.
Ladies bringing me drinks all night.
You’re a smooth operator, I’m gonna to be a rich playboy in my next life and use your technique.
You’ll never be disappointed.
Here’s what I hate most about going out to meet
womenpeople:FTFme.
Relevant
I’ve been cooking some chili for the last 7hrs…but now I want chicken nuggets instead. This is why I don’t cook often.
Good call the chili will be better after a day or two in the fridge anyway.
I slave over a hot stove all day, and THIS is the response I get?! This place is full of…the best people.
7 hours? Are you infusing the soul/pain of your enemies into it? Please post the recipe then. I’ll make a list.
Also, it’s funny when you cook something all day and then don’t want to eat it. ?
Why not both?
I hope it’s really spicy.
I got a grow kit for xmas. Seedlings to be started soon. No more late starts.
The longer I let my hair grow out since I shaved it off, the more I wonder… why don’t chick’s dig mutton chops
Because it’s not the ’80s?
Because they are jealous, that is always the answer.
They looked good on Joe Hooker.
OK Jerry,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM
George Crook really rocked the look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crook
But I concede to pistoffnick Mungo did well too. Plus, what a classic summer song.
OT: Philly vaccine mandate fall-out.
Philadelphia’s vaccine mandate, due to take effect Jan. 3, calls on businesses that sell food or drink for onsite consumption to require that everyone who enters has gotten all their shots.
Not Moses Smucker.
On New Year’s Eve, he will close his business, the Grill at Smucker’s, a breakfast-and-lunch counter at Reading Terminal Market known for 12 years for its pot roast sandwiches and bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches.
Meh, typical white supremacist. He’s not even the jelly guy.
Thanks Neph. I never make these because it makes too much, but I may use this for my next winter party.
Look at the socialite here.
Did you not just say people used to show up to your parties? And, you just made a whole pot of chili? Clearly you are expecting more company.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
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NSFW.
Christmas Tree!
I like a dark hot chocolate drink with orange liqueur this time of year.
Nothing perks up a cup of hot chocolate like a shot of Gran Marnier…
That’s a fantastic idea. I have some of the stuff and no idea what to do with it.
I like raisins.
^^^
Stone her!
I agree, but it’s because she hates celery. Therefore she is evil. I like raisins too. I’m conflicted. I choose to walk away.
The line between good and evil cuts through the taste buds of every man.
It is true I hate celery. It is vile.
Vile is such a strong word. Sour milk is vile. Celery=Sour Milk?
Celery is vile
Sour milk is vile
Celery == sour milk
None of my cream of celery soup for Moj; duly noted.
Thumbs up.
I bet you eat frogs on a log.
Do you mean ants on a log? Raisins in peanut butter on celery? My kids loved it.
I may be thinking frogs in a blanket
I’ve never had it with raisins, but celery exists to serve as a vehicle for peanut butter when you don’t want the carbs from bread but are too self-conscious to eat the peanut butter straight from the jar.*
*I am rarely that self-conscious.
I can’t stand peanut butter in any form other than spread over toast.
I ate peanut butter once this year. About a week ago on half of an English muffin. Then, I I thought it would be nice to have cream cheese on the other half. I spread what I thought was cream cheese on it and swallowed a big bite. It was shortening. ???
??? Why is that in the cheese drawer???
… How the…
Well, I get the visual, I have bought bricks of shortening which come in silver wrappers, but it’s texturally very different from cream cheese. Were you distracted? Sleepy? Drunk?
Actually, you are free to express your opinion no matter how wrong it is.
Exactly, that’s why you’re permitted to spread your foul slander.
What kind of crazy idea is this
Himmelfaahrt
Just had a sneezing fit. It’s been nice knowing you all.
I was sneezing constantly yesterday, and not once today.
Spin the wheel and let’s see what symptom is next!
Good news is that the Moronic variant only takes 5 days to murder you.
If covid doesn’t get you, the Fauci fundies get you for the sin of catching covid.
So in “too local” news, the Land Department out here has announced banning burning XMAS trees on the sandbar out in Kanehoe Bay. The penalties will include fines and possibly jail time. Why am I wasting electrons on your computer? Because the stated reasons are BS. They claim it is because of pollution and sacred Hawaiian lands.
The dried out trees are piled on sand that only appears a spring low tides. That means the lowest lows. They are fired at night around NYE in a couple of piles. The trees burn down to ash and charcoal multiple miles offshore and when the tide comes in the ash is dispersed.
The sandbar formed after WWII. It was created when the USG dredged the ship channel immediately before the war and piled the sand into five sand “islands” which over time made a broad flat area. Before that the barrier reef had 3 small islands which still lie ~.5 miles offshore from the sandbar.
The DLR is just being the fun Stasi.
Can’t you just mouth a couple “land acknowledgements” and be done with it? Sheesh.
How dare you insult the sacred shipping lane sediments!
You should get some Native Hawaiians to claim that burning Christmas trees is a sacred ritual.
Argh. Painting not going well this trip. Nothing turns out the way I want.
Your comment inspired me to stop contemplating and order my paint set.
Grandmother used oils and Dad used acrylics.
I chose watercolors because I heard that they were the hardest.
My mother painted ceramics, my dad painted canvasses, I paint miniatures.
Do you think affinity for painting is genetic, or passed via socialization?
My talent, such as it is, is photography. I can’t draw anything. My desire is to push something that I have never tried before.
To answer your question, I guess that is is socialization, although I really don’t feel that either is fully descriptive. I’m doing this for me.
Take another hit.
Take another hit.
Of fresh air.
That’s good stuff. Starts out like Leo Slayer doing a cover of Black Magic Woman.
RIght here.
https://youtu.be/Zt83arWRx-M?t=16
Glad that you liked it. QMS is a favorite from long ago.
I don’t understand why I’d need anything other than the allspice.
Brawndo and allspice should cover all your needs.
Where does Old Spice fit in?
See below. It must flow, albeit more slowly.
Narrator: It’s not every spice.
And yet, it must flow.
Turns out it was a transcription error.
the line really was “The ice must floe.”
Can someone explain why it takes Amazon four weeks to ship a Kindle?!
You’d think that would be one thing they have in stock.
Supply chain issues?
They’re made in China, so they’re ‘in stock’ on the cargo ships off the left coast.
The funny part is the “ad-free” version takes three weeks longer.
I could have had the crippled one before Xmas.
Who wants ads?
Meh. They are very ignorable.
I am drinking vanilla bourbon. It’s not nearly as bad as it sounded.
Let’s hope there’s a gun and one bullet under the boxes.
https://twitter.com/ChrisCillizza/status/1476015541252935684
Ya know, I cannot for the life of me understand what tests are supposed to accomplish. If you feel fine, alles ist klar. If you feel sick, either drink lots of fluids/take vitamin D/Horse dewormer/go to the hospital, in that order. What does a test accomplish?
Also they don’t work well anyway. I had some of those at home and they gave me a false negative. I had to re-test with a lab later after nearly everyone I know had covid and I became suspicious.
I went to visit my elderly father last Wednesday, and my brother brought me a home test to use. Ok fine, I’ve always thought that a negative test result is better assurance than the vaccine anyway. I took the test and it came up negative, so I went over. An hour or two after coming home, I start feeling very dizzy. I’m still dizzy the next day, so I took another home test. Positive. Not knowing how accurate they were, I went to an urgent care and got an actual test done – also positive.
Fat lot of good the test did.
It’s the latest way to show you are part of the tribe. As a shareholder of Abbott Laboratories I approve.
You’re still around? What are you even blathering on about?
My civics test would has one question. It would pretty much rule out all Democrats.
Do you believe that rights, specifically those outlined in the Bill of Rights, are subject to “reasonable” regulations?
A. Yes B. No
If A, you are disqualified.
Perhaps we should make not lying about a presidential candidate on the eve of the election a requirement for being a journalist.
Is that too specific? I think we could broaden that a bit to just “no lying”.
Lol…two days of “No Frederal Solution” and the lunatic left twitter, and Biden is tipping his hand at a domestic air travel vax requirement.
His no fed comment is a actually correct, but I suspect it was for the wrong reasons.
https://kval.com/news/local/sheriff-to-drain-residents-secure-homes-and-shut-your-blinds
https://youtu.be/aZFH4wCLVXY
Why would you need to close your blinds?
https://www.safetysecurity.co/bulletproof-blinds/
Bulletproof window blinds.
Probably the mere fact of owning them would invite a no-knock raid.
So you don’t see what the cops are up to?
Also, how could I know if it is safe to go outside and lock my car? You aren’t saying what the danger is!
Whatever you do, don’t watch us.
I know it’s irreverent and “too soon” if now that John Madden has passed away and so has Harry Reid, I’d love for Bukus to give Harry an atomic wedgie he’d lovely then the wire of individual rarity.
I don’t speak jive.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/DXN0jJyZR9a6BPkjw8pWjA.o5dkFhtriFQ_YKe2_rN2xm
Why does dental floss have an expiration date?
For the wax?
“I’d have me a crop!”
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/GIgsbs_BTmGmKVuVrCf35A.e0drqmrdGoDdKwzkXvRJim
I might have to breakup with my gf.
?
Disgusting.
It is disgusting, that’s what the left hand is for.
The sea sponge.
+1 sponge on a stick at the craptorium or whatever they called it
Once I’m in Florida and settled down thinking of trying out the bidet solution to this problem.
What about for the ladies? Blow dryer?
You’ve never “owned” cats?
I have a completely rational aversion to having feces spread to every horizontal surface in my home.
No cats.
Other people can own them and I will pet them.
I can’t imagine a life without them but I’m me and you are you. It’s just fine.
That seems strange to me. I have had a cat, fed it with a dropper of milk after its mom abandoned it. But I never felt any particular attachment to it, at least not to that extent.
I hate dogs, but I can get why people might become attached to them. Cats are just ‘meh’.
I guess I’m just a cold-hearted person.
We had to move the roll to sitting on top of the toilet tank. The cat discovered that if he couldn’t unroll it, he could still shred it quite nicely.
Why would you hang the roll and make it difficult to use?
Need to amend my comments from yesterday regarding the lack of feed for the horses. Turns out that the tractor wouldn’t turn over in the bitter cold so Judi’s hay trip was pretty much a “one of”. They couldn’t get to the round bales. I naturally imagined the worst case scenario. I really need to work on that trait. 57 years of being kicked in the balls is rather hard to overcome, though.
Food items mixed with drink are vomit inducing to me. Seriously. I’ve never been able to stomach more than one glass of egg-nog. Beer me again, Drinkin’ Chair!
suh’ fam
whats goody
Farm animals are fed and Lack hates critters. How’s your health?
I mean, not JUST critters. People suck too. 😛
I seem to be convalescing as rapidly as my age allows, thanks for asking
Morning, Glibs.
Evenin’
Evenin’ for me too, since Ive been working all night.
Morning, Lack, Festus, Sean, Stinky, UCS and all others I may have missed.
I keep forgetting there are other time zones and I’m thinking “Why are these people up so early?”
And I forget other people are in the productive part of society
I wouldn’t claim to be productive.
But I did wake up to find that for the second day in a row the overnight processing hasn’t run because the machine that schedules the jobs went down and the people who are supposed to do something are not watching it.
It’s mostly just punching the clock this week. We’re open but nothing is going on.
Of course, if I stayed home then the wife would put me to work because I obviously would be taking time out of the office to give her a rest and I don’t need a break myself.
Funny how that works…
Good morning, Scruffy, U, Fes, homey, Lack, Sean, Stinky & 4(20)!
Thank goodness today is a short work day for me! I get to leave at 2:00 for a hair appointment and get pampered for a couple of hours.
I just hope I can stamp out all the burning ducks at work before it’s time to go, ?
This was seen and really appreciated.
Ugh! Two nights of bliss and then the staff shows up again. Back to 24/7. Kill me now. The overnighters have the best bums of the lot, so I’ve got that going for me…
Here it comes, this was just a mirage! There is no need to panic about the situation! We’ve had it well in hand from the very start! Who told you such nightmare-inducing stories? Shame on them!
::nods, smiles, backs away slowly::
Well don’t come crying to me when the Omicron gets ya!
Motioning all.
Motions in motion – https://youtu.be/uVXy7AsjvL4
I was expecting this
In before Ted’s
No. Im going to hate @ you for the rest of the day for putting that song in my head.
Ha ha! Stupid Canada Post just lost another two days. Looks like I’m up for at least a month more of overtime. Eight trucks waiting in the queue. Fucking bone-heads.
Shipping and receiving was my bread and butter for 15 years. These people don’t know anything.
Fuck it. I’m going to eat and sleep. Hope that every Glib has a wonderful day!
Good Morning my fellow Glibs.
Drove 13 hours yesterday so some sheep can get laid. Brain more than a little fried.
What i miss?
Pimpin’ ain’t easy, amiright?
Ewe missed some stuff, but my memory is kinda wooly.
Nothing baaaaaaaaad.
Good to know, only issue is that i have to retrieve them in about 2-3 weeks.
That drive is long.
Mutton important,
https://euronewssource.com/belgiums-prime-minister-considers-mandatory-vaccination/
The vaccines obviously don’t work against Omicron, so WTF is going on?
Are they really that stupid or is pressure being brought to bear some other way?
And Omicron is known to be less serious but supposedly it’s filling up the ICU’s.
Somebody is not being entirely honest here.
Anecdata: We have less than 1/3 the COVID patients we had a year ago, and just over 1/2 the COVID patients we had a month or so ago. The long and short term trends for hospitalized COVID patients are both going down. Funny how that’s not being reported, innit?