For centuries, eggnog has been a part of America's Christmas festivities. George Washington was rumored to have his own recipe, and the concoction was the catalyst of a riot at West Point in the wee hours of Christmas morning 1826. Today, the grocery chain Kroger sells nearly 3 million gallons of the drink each year. But for a drink with so much tradition, eggnog has long divided Christmas tables. When BuzzFeed ran an article in 2016 titled 'Eggnog Is Delicious and If You Disagree You're Wrong,' it was paired with a missive the same day calling the drink 'Absolute Garbage.' In 2017, when the Today show polled its audience about whether they liked eggnog, people were almost evenly split between those who thought it was disgusting and those who found it delicious. And these days, TikTok is laden with videos of people complaining about eggnog's smell and taste'and with others mixing it into cereal and soda. Growing up, I was never an eggnog lover. The premade, nonalcoholic version my...
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