Eggnog [and] 1/4 pint sherry." The recipe instructs cooks to "mix [the] liquor first, then separate yolks and whites of eggs, add sugar to beaten yolks, mix well. Add milk and cream, slowly beating. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and fold slowly into mixture. Let set in cool place for several days. Taste frequently." "Tom and Jerry is a form of hot eggnog [cocktail] that was once popular." The Tom and Jerry was invented by British journalist Pierce Egan in the 1820s, using brandy and rum added to eggnog and served hot, usually in a mug or a bowl. It
Eggnog Dictionary", "nog" was "a kind of strong beer brewed in East Anglia". The first known use of the word "nog" was in 1693. Alternatively, "nog" may stem from "noggin", a Middle English term for a small, carved wooden mug used to serve alcohol. However, the British drink was also called an "Egg Flip", from the practice of "flipping" (rapidly pouring) the mixture between two pitchers to mix it. One dictionary lists the word "eggnog" as being an Americanism invented in 1765-75. Babson College professor Frederick Douglass Opie "wrote that the term is a combination of two colonial slang words —