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Egg Nog--maryland Style

A historical recipe from Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes, by Emma McKinney, William McKinney (1922).

A historical recipe

Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes, by Emma McKinney, William McKinney (1922). Project Gutenberg eBook #71119.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: raw egg. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.

Source and licence

From Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes, by Emma McKinney, William McKinney (1922). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71119 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71119). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

United States. Associated with United States by the book is about Southern US cookery (its title: Dixieland recipes); the recipe itself names no place (confidence 0.4). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

  • Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Beat the yolk of one egg, add a teaspoonful of sugar, and a small pinch of salt, then pour in slowly stirring all the while a cup of milk.
  2. Pour in a glass and put spoonful of whipped cream on top and any quantity of “flavoring desired.”