Does eggnog contain raw eggs or have they been cooked at some point during the preparation of the beverage?!

Some recipes call for raw eggs, others do not. Alton Brown has two, one cooked, one raw.

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The one time that I have made eggnog, I heated the eggs up to the point at which they were okay to eat, but they weren't fully cooked/scrambled. The trick is to cool the mixture down as fast as possible. This will inhibite the growth of bacteria in the egg mix.

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If your scary about raw white eggs, you can go to a supermarket and buy their pasterized egg whites in a carton.

Beat the yolks till tough, and then beat the sugar. Heat the milk with borbon and temper the yolks. after that put the egg whites and fold it. dont whip it or stir it. fold. fold. fold or its crap

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I've seen it both ways. But the trick to cooking eggnog is to cook very slowly so you don't have globs of egg floating around.

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Some are made with out cooking but they usually have Congac, bourbon, rum or some form of alcoholic beverage in the recipe. If you are worried about serving an uncooked nog or if children will be drinking it try this recipe.

EGG NOG

6 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 quart milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Beat eggs, sugar and salt together in a saucepan. Stir in half the milk (2 cups)On low heat, cook until mixture is thick and thinly coats a spoon. Make sure to stir constantly
Remove from heat and mix in the last of the milk and the vanilla. Cover and chill overnight. Serve eggnog with a dusting of nutmeg and cinnamon

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The way I've made it the egg is cooked while you are boiling the liquid mixture over the stove.

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