1934 Irvin S Cobb's own Recipe Book

The rest of the forenoon being spent in songs and folk– dancing. * * * (Time out of five minutes will now be taken to permit the modern reader to brood upon this strange behavior on the part of the founders of the republic.) * * * The interesting concoction m question dated back to before the Revolution. Personally, I'm inclined to think it may h?-ve had quite a good deal to do with bringing on the Revolution. Among the more advanced and cultured of that remote age, Flip sometimes was improved by breaking a raw goose egg into the dram before serving. It was then known as "A Yard of Flannel." People who couldn't afford a goose egg might use inst'ead a hen's egg or, in emergency, even a wild pigeon's egg. Hence the familiar quotation: "The short and simple flannels of the poor." From such primitive antecedents it seems a far cry to a ,, real Southern eggnog, the proper prescription for which will be found elsewhe.r;e in this volume. The eggnog flowers best at Christmas. Traditionally it goes with the holly and the mistletoe, the good cheer and the kindly Yuletide fellowship. I'm skeptical about Santa Claus sometimes, but I believe in the foamy, creamy luscious eggnog, Old Dominion style. In fact, I maintain that on Christmas morn- 15