Searches/Eggnog Question

[HMin]

Why am I only allowed to do one search when looking for something on the forums? If I don't get the results with the word I base the search on, I sometimes try to use another form of the word or even an entirely different word. The 2nd time I try to search I get a message that I cannot do another search at this time, try again in a few minutes. Guess if I don't get it right the first time I'm out of luck?

That out of the way, I will just ask here if someone can help me with what I need -

There is a pumpkin spice eggnog on the market that a friend is thinking of serving heated and mixed with some type of spirit. I don't see why it couldn't be heated at a very low temperature and then mixed. Has anyone done this with a prepared eggnog? Would heating the eggnog would be a problem?

Thanks!

[labradors]

Almost every website that operates forum software implements a time-delay factor for searches so that you must wait (usually 30 seconds or one minute) before conducting another search. Without such a delay, malicious visitors (often from rival sites) could easily disable a site in a way that would make it impossible for other visitors to use the site. Of the six different cooking-related forum sites and eleven non-cooking forum sites that I use, not one of them would allow second searches immediately after the first search. The delays may vary, and they may use different forum software, but the all implement that security feature. Some are even more restrictive in other areas, as well, such as not allowing users to post links and/or images until they have already made a certain number of posts that prove that they are not spambots, pornbots, or other nasties.

[cjs]

'H', I don't see why that wouldn't work with the eggnog. MIght want to use a baine marie (double boiler) for a 'softer' heating?

[Harborwitch]

Am I missing something here??? I've never had heated eggnog, unless you count brandy, rum, or bourbon as heat. LOL We've always had it cold.

[HomeCulinarian]

On searching - I share your frustration... try using Google's "search this site".

On heating eggnog, if it's something from the store it's probably pastuerized, so reheating it shouldn't be a problem. Eggnog isn't much of a tradition with us, but when we do have it we serve it cold.

[HMin]

Thanks for your comments/replies to both things.

I have no clue about eggnog since I myself don't drink it - hot or cold. Come to think of it I don't know why she would want to serve it hot since we live in south Florida and I'm sure temps around Christmas will still be in the 80s or 90s, but that is what she asked. Not knowing the answer, I said I would try to find out and let her know.

[pjcooks]

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On searching - Eggnog isn't much of a tradition with us, but when we do have it we serve it cold.

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With Kahlua or apricot brandy

Speaking strictly for myself, of course

PJ

[labradors]

Just searched google for "hot eggnog," and found all kinds of references, from scratch to store bought.

One even heated one cup of milk plus 1/8 cup of eggnog in a microwave, then added a packet of hot cocoa mix!

The scratch recipes often mentioned heating the mixture to 170F, probably because of the eggs.

Thus, although I always drink eggnog old, it appears there's no problem with preparing it hot, and also appears that quite a few people do so.

On a local note: Rompopo made by one of the two major dairies here is available all year, and is delicious - not overly sweet, as some of the store-bought eggnogs in the States can be. Whenever I go to the grocery store, I always buy a half-litre carton of rompopo to drink before I go back home. :-)