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Re:‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ Is a Love Letter to Amateur Cooks by setr on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:49AM (#18484769)
I remember looking up eggnog recipes and realizing that the 1950s used twice as much whiskey as the modern versions

That was some good eggnog

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Re:‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ Is a Love Letter to Amateur Cooks by pluma on Monday November 19, 2018 @03:51AM (#18484973)
Looking at recipes on the Internet it seems eggnog barely contains any whiskey by volume. By comparison German Eierlikör consists mostly of korn (a 32% ABV clear liquor similar to vodka) or white rum.

I'm not sure what 1950s eggnog looked like but I'm guessing it was more like the German style Eierlikör (i.e. made mostly with liquor and eggs) than the modern eggnog (i.e. mostly milk and cream).

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Re:‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ Is a Love Letter to Amateur Cooks by vkou on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:17AM (#18485068)
Was the whiskey of the 1950s lower proof?
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Re:‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ Is a Love Letter to Amateur Cooks by lazerpants on Monday November 19, 2018 @10:15AM (#18486966)
Definitely not. In fact, I think more of it was probably bonded (100 proof).
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