"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:55:14 -0700, "Janet Bostwick"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:38:57 -0800 (PST), stark
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Dec 14, 11:38 pm, golfstar2006
> wrote:
>>>>> Anyone ever tried hot buttered rum or hot buttered rum batter drinks
>>>>> for
>>>>> the holidays? They seem interesting to me, but I've never gotten
>>>>> around
>>>>> to actually making them... I don't think my crew would like them.
>>>>> Anyone ever tried these?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Cheers
>>>>>
>>> I used to buy one jar of each and I really liked the calorific Tom &
>>> Jerry batter. The trick to making it extra rich is to add a 1/2 tsp
>>> of *instant* coffee to it before you pour in the hot water.
>>>
>>Tom and Jerry's were always my dad's specialty for New Year's Eve. That's
>>the only time I ever saw him doing something in the kitchen. But he'd
>>stand
>>over the Mixmaster and whip up the egg whites. The made from scratch
>>stuff
>>doesn't taste anything like the store batter.
>
> Well, that's what I do. I don't make it from scratch. If I had to,
> I'd never have any. Same with eggnog. I just don't drink enough at
> any one time to merit making a batch. I do remember making
> nonalcoholic eggnog with my grandmother and it was not as complicated
> as the recipes I see on the net for party nogs.
>
> Do you have your Dad's Tom & Jerry recipe? I don't think I've ever
> seen one.
>
Yeah, I've got his recipe around somewhere. I must have put it in a really
safe place because I don't remember seeing it in a couple of years. New
Year's Eve was a big deal with my folks and their friends. That was the
evening my folks stayed home and others stopped for a chat, some cookies or
snacks and a Tom and Jerry then they'd go on to someone else's house. It
wasn't a boozy evening, more of an open house and the whole thing done after
church. I miss the winter holidays. We had such a huge family and friend
base that Christmas Eve and Day and New Year's Eve and Day were just one big
crowded deal of big meals, great food, bunches of kids. Tables were never
big enough. The kids got another room and some sort of arrangement that
meant you better hit the bathroom first, because once seated, you weren't
going to get out again until everyone was done eating. I'll look for the
recipe. If I find it, I'll post it. It wasn't complicated.
Janet