Eggnog National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | How to Drink

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite Christmas Movies and today I'm making Clark Griswold's Egg Nog. It's good, it's good, it's good good it's good.

Christmas Vacation came out in 1989 and was the third film in National Lamoon's "Vacation" series. The second was of course the European Vacation and nobody liked that. Happily Christmas Vacation was hilarious and made everyone love the series again ( I Think it was the return of Cousin Eddy but what do I know?) It's now a Christmas Classic and a movie shown in most houses around the holidays, and it's got Egg Nog in it, served in moose mugs (and later just aggressively scooped from the bowl in tiny cups). I love egg nog but if you've never had home made egg nog, maybe you don't? If you've never had it made from scratch frankly you've never had egg nog. This recipe bears almost no resemblance to the stuff you get in the carton at the gas station. It's not a heavy thick syrup, it's a light and airy and boozey drink and it's really just perfect this time of year.

Clark Griswold's Egg Nog

• 4 Egg Whites
• 1 Tbs. -or- 12.5 G Sugar
• Beat to Still Peaks
• Set Aside
• 4 egg yolks
• .25 c -or- 50 g sugar
• 2 c -or- 475 ml. whole milk
• 1 c -or- 237 ml. heavy cream
• 2 oz. -or- 60 ml Bourbon (to taste, pour heavy)
• 2 oz. -or- 60 ml Rum (to taste, pour heavy)
• Pinch of Salt
• Nutmeg to taste
• Mix Thoroughly
• Fold in Egg Whites
• Serve in Moose Cup with Nutmeg For Garnish

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[howtodrink]

It's the gift that keeps on giving!

[rachaelmichaelis]

*insert the lady who’s making the cocktail with vodka* “okay now add two oz of bourbon” half the bottle later, smiling nicely

[Bethrs]

Last night I was gifted a kitchen aid stand mixer and I feel the need to tell you the first thing I made was this egg nog recipe. It was delightful!

[TheRealReTox]

"Quarter cup of bourbon"

... pour goes on for miles.

[peterbanderas]

Love that film.

I remember when I was a Teacher's assistant in high school and my teacher decided to show it one day where we had a double class day (a two hour class rather than the usual one hour class) just before Christmas. Our class room was in the science building and was linked to all the other classrooms with a open breezeway/lab area. My desk was right by the breezeway and I could hear all the surrounding classrooms go quiet when Clark starts his rant about his bonus. At the end when he says "where's the Tylenol?" I hear all the surrounding rooms burst in to luaghter.

To this day that is one of my favorite memories from high school.

[darthplagueis]

Alternatively, add two and a half cups of flour, about half a cup of chocolate chips before integrating the egg whites and you can then bake this in order to get a pretty decent cake.

[PsyCoCinematics]

Lacked bourbon, swapped in Kahlua. Lacked whole milk, spliced in heavy whipping cream and 2%. Lacked nutmeg, swapped in cinnamon.

Tastiest milkshake all year!

[shaneasghar]

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[imaqtpi]

I giggled when you said “I hope your Christmas bonus is in the mail.”

[jusXh]

If anyone is wondering it makes about a half gallon you can double it in a kitchen aid mixer and it just barely fits, and fits in a gallon pitcher. Love this recipe

[pmartinez]

Oh....this gives me a reason to play with my girlfriends stand mixer & show her up at the same time.... I must impress her family!!!

[czrs]

Another year in the books. Refreshing my memory on the recipe.

[freedfg]

I think my favorite gag is that while doing an uncle eddy impression. Greg still couldn't bring himself to crack open cheap national beer.

[EliseLogan]

a note on folding in the egg whites. If you do it by hand and just mix in about 1/4 of the egg whites to "lighten" the nog, then fold in the rest, it will integreate much more smoothly and quickly. Also, for a variation on this, do the not-egg-whites portion of this (hold out the alcohol) as a cooked custard, allow it to cool completely, then add the alcohol and fold in the egg whites, you get a much thicker, almost ice-cream textured cooked custard eggnog.

ETA: The best carton/store-bought eggnog I've tried is the Organic Valley Eggnog. It's still not as good as homemade, but it's a huge improvement over other store-bought options - and since it doesn't try to approximate the rum/bourbon aspect much, you can spike it and end up with an even better approximation.

[ConductorCatnip]

I love the fact that I could instantly predict the "shitter is full" joke for your intro, Merry Christmas How To Drink Channel!

[purplealice]

Townsends just posted a recipe for 18th-century eggnog, which is actually pretty close to this - you even got the nutmeg right. Eggnog is pretty much an uncooked custard that you drink instead of eating with a spoon.

[TJ-bgfw]

Im here I'm here, i just had to finish Babishes video. Jokes aside, love this movie and love your videos. You've nailed it again Greg!

[helchez]

This is still my go to Eggnog recipe. I re-watch this video every year to prop for an Eggnogg'n good time.

[brentlockman]

so years later... finding this made my day. This movie is my christmas tradition, to this date my brother and I will randomly turn to each other with "that was pretty low mister, if I had a rubber hose I'd beat you..."

[BrokeMoFo]

WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY SOONER!!! I've only recently found this guy and have been on a BINGE to beat the ages watching the drinks be made! "and on a bit of a bender in the process"... *hic* THANKS!