Hoy toca un poquito de coctelería clásica, una familia de cócteles perfectos para estos días de frío
Los Egg Nog son una bebida perfecta para el invierno, ya que aporta un gran poder calórico, en la actualidad este cóctel se suele consumir frío pero antiguamente era muy común consumirlo caliente
Esta familia son unas de las bebidas mezcladas más antiguas. Aparecen por primera vez impresas en EEUU en 1850, pero ya era una bebida muy conocida en esos tiempos, y en la edición de 1862 de How to Mix Drink de Jerry Thomas´s ya nos aporta unas recetas, “que podéis ver mas abajo”. Anterior a esa receta ya había combinaciones de huevos, leche o nata y cerveza que es tradicional de Alemania e Islandia.
Me puse a bucear entre mis libros, y está bastante claro de donde proviene la palabra egg, pero hay cierto debate en que de donde sale la palabra Nog. Algunos creen que provienen de la palabra escocesa “nog” un tipo de cerveza fuerte que se producía en East Anglia. Otros piensan que viene del recipiente donde se servia, ya que se cree que se servia en una cuchara o taza llamada noggin, lo que tiene sentido ya que los Egg Nogs son generalmente servidos en bowl comunales
Yo me decanto por la teoría de que proviene de los ingredientes que la forma, ya que esta bebida fue llevada a EEUU por los irlandeses y escoceses y en escocia llamaban “Nugg” a una cerveza caliente que ellos consumían. Y esto nos abre otro debate de si los Egg Nog, son los descendiesen de los Flip, “ Esta familia de bebidas es mas antigua, se cree que de 1600, se preparaba mezclando cerveza, azúcar, huevos, especias y ron y se calentaba toda introduciendo un hierro al rojo vivo”, la principal diferencia que existía entre estas dos familias es que los Flips no llevan leche a diferencia de los Egg Nogg, aunque en la actualidad prácticamente son la misma cosa.
La evolución mas lógica de los antiguos Egg Nog a como los conocemos ahora, parece que viene de que al mejorar los sistemas de calefacción ya no era tan necesario consumir bebidas calientes para entrar en calor, y la cerveza y la sidra era menos frecuentes beberlas en casa, y esto produjo que se sustituyera por alcoholes de mayor graduación
Estas bebidas actualmente aunque generalmente se preparan frías, se pueden preparar también calientes, sustituyendo el hielo por agua caliente
Pues nada mas por hoy, ya que tuve que preparar el coctel para la foto, me lo tendre que beber
Nos vemos
Fotografa: Ascalix Veras
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The Egg Nogg perfect cocktails for these cold days
Today let's talk about a little bit of clasical cocktails, a cocktail family perfect for this cold days.
The Egg Nog is a perfect drink for the winter, as it provides a large calorific value, at present this cocktail is usually drinked cold but once it was common to consume hot
This family is one of the oldest mixed drinks. First appear printed in the U.S. in 1850, but it was a drink that was known at its time, and the 1862 edition of How to Mix Drink of Jerry Thomas's and gives us a recipe, "you can see below" and there is a combination of eggs, milk or cream and beer that is traditional in Germany and Iceland.
I got to dive into my books and if it is quite clear from where the word egg, but there is some discussion that if the word Nog comes from the elements that form, or in which they served. Some believe that from the word "nog" a kind of strong beer to be produced in East Anglia. Others think it should have been served on a spoon or cup called noggin, which makes sense since the Egg Nogs are usually served in communal bowl
I opted for the theory that comes from the ingredients that form, since this drink was brought to America by Irish and Scottish and in Scotland called "Nugg" a warm beer they consumed. And this opens up another debate on whether the Egg Nog, are descended from the Flip, "This family's oldest beverages, it is believed that in 1600, was prepared by mixing beer, sugar, eggs, spices and rum and warmed all introducing a hot iron, the main difference that existed between these two families is that the Flips are not unlike milk Egg Nogg, although at present are practically the same thing.
The most logical evolution of the old Egg Nog to as we know now, that seems to come by improving the heating was no longer necessary to consume hot drinks to warm,and drink beer and cider at home was less frequent , and this was to be replaced by alcohols of higher rank
This family is one of the oldest mixed drinks. First appear printed in the U.S. in 1850, but it was a drink that was known at its time, and the 1862 edition of How to Mix Drink of Jerry Thomas's and gives us a recipe, "you can see below" and there is a combination of eggs, milk or cream and beer that is traditional in Germany and Iceland.
I got to dive into my books and if it is quite clear from where the word egg, but there is some discussion that if the word Nog comes from the elements that form, or in which they served. Some believe that from the word "nog" a kind of strong beer to be produced in East Anglia. Others think it should have been served on a spoon or cup called noggin, which makes sense since the Egg Nogs are usually served in communal bowl
I opted for the theory that comes from the ingredients that form, since this drink was brought to America by Irish and Scottish and in Scotland called "Nugg" a warm beer they consumed. And this opens up another debate on whether the Egg Nog, are descended from the Flip, "This family's oldest beverages, it is believed that in 1600, was prepared by mixing beer, sugar, eggs, spices and rum and warmed all introducing a hot iron, the main difference that existed between these two families is that the Flips are not unlike milk Egg Nogg, although at present are practically the same thing.
The most logical evolution of the old Egg Nog to as we know now, that seems to come by improving the heating was no longer necessary to consume hot drinks to warm,and drink beer and cider at home was less frequent , and this was to be replaced by alcohols of higher rank
Nothing more for today, as I had to prapere the cocktail for the picture so I'll have to drink it
See you soon
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