Eggnog lattes

[m_cobweb]

I love 'em. They're one of my favorite seasonal food items. But I'm realizing that they have gained an unfortunate association for me--that of waiting around in airports during the holidays. We show up, we wait around for hours, we spend lots of money on eggnog lattes.

I have travelled for Christmas for the last 17 years. Next year we stay home and let people come to us. I'm already looking forward to it.

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[vulture23.livejournal.com]

It's funny, eggnog was never a big deal when I was a kid, but now I really like having it. (But I usually just drink it straight, and don't bother with the latte part.) The one thing I really miss about christmastime, was that my mom used to bake huge quantities of stuff. My favorite was the coffee cake. The recipe she used (which was *her* mother's) was pretty involved, and took a long time, so she'd always make a massive batch, and we'd have about a dozen coffee cakes in the freezer. It would be *the* standard breakfast for weeks -- a chunk of coffee cake, warmed up, with plenty of butter.... (I should note that this wasn't much like the coffee cake I always see for sale around here, it was yeast-based, almost a cinnamon sweet bread kinda thing...)

After my parents got divorced, when I was 11 or 12, Mom was working and so didn't have nearly as much time to bake stuff for the holidays, so that "tradition" dwindled. And then, of course, I moved here. I guess it's probably been a dozen years or more since I've had any of Mom's coffee cake. I don't even know for sure if she still bothers making it. But I do miss it....

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

That sounds something like my mom's coffee cake, but hers is (was?) brown sugar rather than cinnamon. Mmm. I can't remember if I ever got the recipe from her, but I should. It tends to feel a little odd to bring childhood traditions into adulthood, but I think it's a good thing. :-)

My friend Karen back in Texas used to give extravagant Christmas parties every year. Her eggnog recipe was french vanilla ice cream, cool whip, and Southern Comfort. Wow.

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

I'd be tempted to bug my mom for her recipe if I thought there was a significant chance of my ever getting enough motivation to actually try to make it.... which would, of course, have as a prerequisite some faith in my ability to have it turn out edible. ;) Actually, I faintly remember trying to make it myself many years ago, and having it turn out rock-hard.... :P

I'm not sure about that eggnog recipe, sounds a bit sketchy. ;) Of course, I'm used to store-bought eggnog... the best eggnog I ever had was from a (local, I think) organic dairy, one of the ones that distributes in the heavy glass bottles that require a deposit, etc... it was incredibly thick and rich and flavorful. Yum. Of course, it'd probably be even better heated up, with a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg and a good dose of rum..... ;)

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

And you'll be looking for that eggnog now, won't you? ;-)

You might consider giving that coffee cake recipe to Jay...

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

Only problem being that it's only available in half-gallons, and there's no way I can drink that much of it by myself, before it goes off. And Jay hates eggnog -- she's convinced that it's the same texture as chilled snot. (Or, depending on her mood, other not-so-pleasant gooey bodily fluids.)

And I don't know how likely I'd be to convince Jay to make that coffee cake -- it might be a little bit too low-class for her. ;) (Yes, I'm descended from what can fairly be termed "white trash", complete with an uncle being a farmer in Missouri...) If she did make it, she'd probably insist on modifying the recipe, so it might not be quite the same.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

What, you don't think you could find a room full of Seagoths willing to drink your extra spiked eggnog? ;-)

I think of "white trash" as more like trailers in South Carolina than farmers in Missouri, but eh. Sorry about your coffee cake, though--I think I'm running out of ideas! (I don't bake, so don't ask. ;-P)

[darkmane.livejournal.com]

As a person 1 generation removed from white trash and since I like cooking, get me the recipe I'll bake it for the holiday season.

You should always make a recipe once before altering it. How do you know what needs changing if you've never had it.

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

After many years as a professional baker, Jay's pretty close to being able to look at a recipe and knowing how it'll taste, and/or what might make it better.

However, in discussing this with her last night, the brief description of it that I gave to her didn't sound bad. She's gonna look at (and probably try) the recipe if/when I get it...

Oh, and did I mention that my mother's parents (mom's sister married said Missouri farmer) *did* live in a trailer for much of their life? And my dad spent a fair bit of time living in a trailer after my parents divorced, though he has since bought a house outside of town and moved the trailer onto that lot.... I love my dad, really, but if you were to see his yard (I've only seen it once, since he bought the place after I moved here), you would not argue about the white trash designation....

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

He moved the trailer *onto* the lot *with* the house? ::shakes head:: Okay, you win this one. ;-)

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but he lives in the house, not the trailer.

For a while, the (theoretically adult) stepdaughter was living in the trailer, with her boyfriend and child. I don't think that's still the case though. Haven't been keeping up with what that side of the family's been doing...

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. ;)