Beverages

Boiled Custard

6 to 8 egg yolks
6 to 8 egg whites
1 gallon milk
2 Tbs. flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. salt or to taste
2 Tbs. vanilla flavoring
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Heat milk till hot (it will coat spoon). Beat eggs till frothy. Add flour and sugar and nutmeg together. Mix 1 cup hot milk in egg mixture, then add to hot milk. Cook stirring constantly until it thickens. Beat egg whites till they form peaks. Fold into milk mixture and continue cooking about 5 minutes. Do not let mixture scorch. Take from heat and add vanilla & salt.
From Liz Erickson. This recipe was passed down in my family for years. We always drank the custard as a dessert.

Gl�gg
This spicy hot red wine is a traditional Swedish drink, best at the holidays.

1 bottle cheap red wine
10 cl (half a cup) vodka
10 grams whole cinnamon
1.5 grams cloves (about 20 pieces)
small piece of ginger
2 grams crushed cardamom seeds
the (dried) peels of half a bitter orange
300 grams (slightly more than a cup) sugar
1 Tbs. vanilla sugar
almonds and raisins as desired
Crush the cardomom and cinnamon, put all spices in a covered glass jar, add the vodka. Let stand for 24 hours. Sieve the vodka, discard the spices. Put the almonds in boiling water for 10 seconds, rinse them with cold water and peel them. Mix the red wine and the spicy vodka in pan, add vanilla, sugar, almonds and raisins. Heat covered for a few minutes, but do not under any circumstances let the mixture boil. Serve sizzling hot but only when it's freezing cold outside!
From Don Erickson: I got this from Anne and Johan Santesson, at http://www.bart.nl/%7Esante/. I recommend it only for those with a high percentage of Scandinavian ancestry, and then only in very cold weather and in moderation. It is dangerous otherwise.