Nog: defined

Merry Christmas!
Among the many things that fill my head this time of year (i.e.-presents, family, love, peace, joy, yada, yada, yada...) eggnog, is defnitely high on the list.
I'm amazed at how i've never questioned this creamy, delicious drink before but this year i stopped to think about the name.

Eggnog?
What is that? nog? egg? an egg's nog? if an egg had a nog it's not something i'd curl up on the couch and sip.

so i decided to do some research...
turns out the british word for beer (what eggnog was originally made with) was "nog" or "noggin". another possible explaination is the fact that colonists in America referred to thick drinks as "grog"-thus eggnog: egg+grog.
you can choose which origin you'd like to throw out at parties, i'm just satisfied in knowing a nog isn't something that falls off an egg and is thrown in a drink at Christmas time.

speaking of parties...if you find your self at one with everyone's glasses of eggnog held high in the air, recite this quote and you'll have pleasure to spare :-)
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." H.W.Mabie
(say it in an english accent and you'll have the whole room wrapped around your little finger)

Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas!

(all the facts about eggnog were found on about.com...although making something up and passing it off as facts did cross my mind)