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Making Eggnog: Time a Key Ingredient

Elspeth Hay

Elspeth Hay's great-grandfather kept his eggnog recipe in the safety deposit box - it's that good. This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth reveals its secrets, and how it got the sexton drunk.

  

Elspeth gives a version of the family eggnog recipe, adapted from the Joy of Cooking, on her blog, Diary of a Locavore.

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This piece first aired in December, 2012. 

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Elspeth Hay is the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on CAI since 2008, and the author of the forthcoming book, <a href="https://newsociety.com/book/feed-us-with-trees/?aff=65" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000176-42c6-dd20-abf6-66feb3e60000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1744123197927,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000174-93d8-dab6-af7d-bbf996830001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1744123197927,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000174-93d8-dab6-af7d-bbf996830001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\&quot;rte2-style-italic\&quot;&gt;Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food&lt;/i&gt;&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://newsociety.com/book/feed-us-with-trees/?aff=65&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000196-15d7-d3b1-add7-5fd7d97d0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000196-15d7-d3b1-add7-5fd7d97d0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}"><i>Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food</i></a>. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, she writes and reports for print, radio, and online media with a focus on food, the environment, and the people, places, and ideas that feed us. You can learn more about her work at <a href="http://elspethhay.com/">elspethhay.com</a>.<br/>