Eggnog, Irish Whiskey, and Irish Coffee

BUMPED for this year yet again. (Ditto for 2023.)

I'm once again posting the egg nog recipe, with a side note that started as a tweet to some friends:

Instead of brandy or burbon, this year I am using Tullamore Dew. It is far and away The Best Irish Whiskey, unlike that cursed sinn feiner (spit) Jameson's. It also makes the Best Irish Coffee evar.

OK, this is turning into a post. I'll pass it on.

You have the egg nog recipe. Irish coffee below the fold.

Ike's egg nog:

Irish Coffee

To do this right, you have to commit to coffee and whipped cream from scratch. Nothing out of a can. (I won't comment of K-cup coffee because I have never used it for Irish Coffee. My guess is it will work fine.)

So, you'll need Irish Coffee glasses (small stemed wine glasses will work).

Irish coffee glasses at Amazon.

Start by brewing your coffee. Drip or press if you have one. Strong dark coffee 

(I prefer Pete's "Major Dickason's".)

Peet's Maj. Dickason's K-cups

Also, boil some water to use to pre-warm the glasses.

Whip the cream. (For this, a blender works best.)

Add sugar to taste. Pulse it until it is thicker *and will do a slow 'pour' that looks more like an avalanche. (Or, put it in a squeeze bottle and shake for about 45 seconds.

Coffee's ready?

Pour the boiling water into the glasses.   

Dump one out. 

Add a tablespoon of granulated sugar.

Coffe to about 1/2 inch from the rim.

Stir to dissolve the sugar. When it has,

Add a (generous) shot of Tullamore Dew.

Flip the spoon over (bottom up), and float whipped cream on top. {our slowly and care fully from the blender.

Lather, rinse, repeat, until everyone has one.

Sip and savor.

Enjoy the initial whipped cream moustache.

Warning: Properly done, the go down smooth. You will want more.

Do indulge!

Notes:  Larry Niven's description of the art of making Irish Coffee in his story "The Fourth Profession" intrigued the heck out of me. Fortunately, my wife and I discovered the San Francisco Saloon Company out on west Pico, almost backed up into Santa Monica.

Back in the day, for a buck and a quarter, you could get a fresh one made whilst you watched at the bar. As Yogi Berra said, "You can observe a lot by watching".

And that is how I learned to make Irish Coffee.

Also, it contains the important "Four major food groups":

• Fats
• Caffine
• Sugar
• Alcohol