{"id":21149,"date":"2025-10-08T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=21149"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:28:21","slug":"le-2025-lait-de-poule-est-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=21149","title":{"rendered":"Le 2025 Lait de Poule Est Arriv\u00e9!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eggnog! First sighting of the year!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like waiting for this year\u2019s vintage Beaujolais Nouveau to appear: Le 2025 Lait de Poule est arriv\u00e9! (They say that the French have a word for it, and I have to admit a certain fondness for their spin on the word \u201ceggnog\u201d, lait de poule: hen\u2019s milk.)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read me, you know that I have a few (ha!) guilty pleasures when it comes to holiday food, and for me, nothing heralds the advent of the season like the first appearance of eggnog on supermarket shelves. And snatching it away precipitately as they do every year when the yule log\u2019s embers have barely begun to evanesce only makes the anticipation and craving for next year\u2019s batch more intense.<\/p>\n

But which one(s) to buy? The brands in this photo may not be my fave \u2013 they\u2019re merely the first I\u2019ve found this year: October 6 to be precise! It definitely benefits from a liberal dusting of freshly grated nutmeg. But fret not. I and my OCD are here to offer you the benefits of my research and experimentation regarding this happy holiday quandary. Please check out my annually updated essay, An Eggnog Excursus<\/a> – and unlike the holiday libation itself, it’s available year-round under “Deep Dives” on my homepage!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheers!
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\nStay safe, be well, and eat whatever it takes! \u2764
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