General Harrison's Egg Nogg: the favorite cocktail of the 9th President of the United States.
Recipe
For 1 person
1 egg
1.5 tsp sugar
8 cl cider
How to make
Technique: shaker / Glass: highball / Type: long drink (15cl) / Time: 3 mn
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Shake the egg, sugar and cider with ice cubes.
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Strain into the glass.
History
The General Harrison's Egg Nogg cocktail is a variant of the classic Egg Nogg cocktail, it appears for the first time in 1862 in "How to mix drinks" by Jerry Thomas who tells us that this cocktail is General Harrison's favorite and that this drink is very popular on the Mississippi side.
General William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) became the ninth President of the United States in 1840 after spending a military and political career in Ohio.