Granny's
Egg Nog
6 eggs
3/4 cup super fine sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup rum or bourbon
nutmeg
In medium bowl, beat together eggs, sugar and salt. In medium saucepan, heat
2 cups milk over medium-low heat just until hot. Slowly whisk milk into egg
mixture. Return egg-milk mixture to saucepan. Cook mixture over low heat,
stirring constantly - about 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly thickened (thermomenter
should register 160 degrees F). Remove from heat. Stir in remaining milk and
vanilla.
Transfer to a clean bowl; cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled -
several hours or overnight.
Just before serving, beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Transfer eggnog
to punch bowl. With wire whisk, stir in rum, then fold in whipped cream. Garnish
with grated nutmeg. Makes 12 servings
Most of Mali, in West Africa, lies in the Sahara. A landlocked country
four-fifths the size of Alaska, it is bordered by Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania,
Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and the Côte d'Ivoire. The only fertile area is
in the south, where the Niger and Senegal Rivers provide irrigation.