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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 22:32:04 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   why is egg nog a winter treat when it would actually be a lot easier to make in the spring and summer :Thinker:
   
   Perhaps because of it's calorie content compared to eggs or milk alone, but I was thinking it might be that gifting eggs in the winter when there are so few being laid may be something that was at one point a very appreciated gesture. Now they just stick the birds under lamps so they crank out as many eggs in winter as they do in summer.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 22:48:31 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder:

     In the middle of the morning, Mother blew the dinner horn. Almanzo knew what that meant. He stuck his pitchfork in the ground, and went running and skipping down across the meadows to the house. Mother met him on the back porch with the milk-pail, brimming full of cold egg-nog.

     The egg-nog was made of milk and cream, with plenty of eggs and sugar. Its foamy top was freckled with spices, and pieces of ice floated in it. The sides of the pail were misty with cold. Almanzo trudged slowly toward the hayfield with the heavy pail and a dipper.

     […]

     When he reached the hayfield, everyone stopped work. They stood in the shade of an oak and pushed back their hats, and passed the dipper from hand to hand till all the egg-nog was gone.

     […]

     Father always maintained that a man could do more work in his twelve hours, if he had a rest and all the egg-nog he could drink, morning and afternoon.

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