ground a country is stressful study , so you ca n’t blameGeorge Washingtonfor once in a while need to put his feet up and kick back with a cocktail or two . In the late 18th century booze flow somewhat freely — though it was far from devoid . An estimated 7 percent of our first president ’s income while in situation was spent on hard liquor .
Beer was in abundanceon Washington ’s acres , Mount Vernon ; it was brewed there in huge quantities , and servants working there were give a quart of beer a day . One year after his presidency , Washington even had a whiskey distillery installed at Mount Vernon — and it made a profits . While Washington was reportedly in the habit of consuming a bottle of Madeira a night , when ‘ twas the season , eggnogwas this Founding Father ’s gay fave .
A especially robusteggnog recipefrequently attributed to ol’ poop - face testify just how much of the hard poppycock was eddy around at the prison term . When visitors arrive to see Washington at Mount Vernon , this is what the kitchen stave would put together for them :
One - quart cream , one - quart Milk River , one dozen tablespoon sugar , one - dry pint brandy , ½ pint rye whisky whiskey , ½ dry pint Jamaica rummy , ¼ pint sherry – mix liquor first , then separate yolks and whites of 12 eggs , tot sugar to beaten egg yolk , mix well .
Add milk and pick , lento beat . Beat White of eggs until fuddled and fold slow into mixture . Let set in coolheaded space for several Clarence Day . Taste often .
That’sfourdifferent eccentric of booze , and none of them in small quantities . It ’s the sort of drink that would make you say , “ I can not tell a lie : I ’m forge . ” There ’s Christmassy , and there ’s Christmessy — this stuff would entrust you lying on the reason like a chop - down cherry tree tree diagram , with breathing spell like you hadwooden tooth .
While the recipe is often sound out to have been compose in Washington ’s own hand , this has alas been found not to be the case . It decidedly hails from Mount Vernon , but does n’t seem to have been write down by either George orMartha , and likely has its origins with an anonymous member of the kitchen staff .
Washington did compose some boozing recipes down in his mean solar day , includinghis recipe for a Cherry Bounce , which was made with Mount Vernon cherries soaked in brandy with sugar and spices added and leave to turn for a calendar month .
The eggnog , though ? That sounds warming , wintery , ample , and soothe . If someone fed you a glass of that , hell yeah you’dcarve a mountaininto the form of their font .
