Could you get sick from the raw egg in eggnog?

[they'reHISchickens]

Many years ago I was 9 months preggy and sick as a very sick dog with a sinus infection/chest near pneumonia. I had no strength to cook and no appetite but I lived for 10 days on a diet of quarts of milk blended with 2 raw eggs and a touch of sugar & nutmeg.
DH loves his commercial eggnog. I'll still toss some eggs and milk in a blender

 

[Imp]

sunny & the 5 egg layers :

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Sigh... I just tried to coddle some eggs--didn't work. I brought the water to a boil, plopped my egg in the water immediatley took the pan off the burner and waited for 1 minute. When the minute was up, I ran the egg under cold water. After that, I cracked open the egg and it had bits of cooked/hard boiled egg in it. And the shell of the egg had a thick layer of cooked/hard boiled egg in it. So then I did the same thing but this time only did it for 45 seconds... still had bits of hard boiled egg in it.

So after many failed attempts the chickens and dogs are now having some hard boiled egg with their dinner.

Do you know where I may have gone wrong?

Sorry guess I wasn't clear enough. Mea Culpa
You will get a slight whitening of the egg white near the shell, but it will be soft. Just throw it in the blender with the rest of the ingredients. A lot of chefs think it makes a smoother recipe. I also don't scrape out the inside of the shell, just crack and pour out. At most I would use my fingers to gently swish out the shell. You could do less time too, maybe down to 30 seconds would be fine.
Coddled means "boiled egg" So technically any boiled egg from 30 seconds to a 15 minute hard boiled egg is coddled. There are also special little cups, called egg coddlers, to put cracked eggs in to cook. You will also occasionally find poached eggs called coddled too.

Imp- Best of luck with your eggnog

 

[Zoomom]

Technically it's possible to get sick from raw eggs. Like any raw food. I would just make sure the shell is freshly washed before cracking it into the eggnog. Make sure the egg wasn't damaged either. I would not use raw eggs if I had a weakened immune system or was pregnant. But that is my opinion.

I have been drinking homemade eggnog since I was 2 years old. My Dad used to make it for us every Sunday. Now I make my own homemade eggnog and sometimes add a little rum at Christmas.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Its possible to get sick from ANYTHING now a days though, right?

 

[Tracydr]

sunny & the 5 egg layers :

Quote:
Sigh... I just tried to coddle some eggs--didn't work. I brought the water to a boil, plopped my egg in the water immediatley took the pan off the burner and waited for 1 minute. When the minute was up, I ran the egg under cold water. After that, I cracked open the egg and it had bits of cooked/hard boiled egg in it. And the shell of the egg had a thick layer of cooked/hard boiled egg in it. So then I did the same thing but this time only did it for 45 seconds... still had bits of hard boiled egg in it.

So after many failed attempts the chickens and dogs are now having some hard boiled egg with their dinner.

Do you know where I may have gone wrong?

Take the water off the heat and gently add the eggs. Immerse eggs quickly into ice bath, not cool water at the end.​

 

[Tracydr]

Making the eggnog right before serving ( or the mayonnaise) so that bacterias don't have time to grow also makes eating fresh, raw eggs safer.
Safest though, is pasteurized eggs front the store. Your choice. I eat sushi, oysters and steak tartare, too.

 

[angie3881]

I have never made it with raw eggs. I always cook it. Didn't even know it could be done with raw eggs. Mmmmm, I think I will make some this wknd!!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Egg Nog - one of my biggest vices this time of year!

I've never worried about the raw eggs in cookie dough!!

 

[erinchelsea]

I'd definitely drink it with my fresh eggs but not the nasty ones from the store! MMMMM!

 

[MrsCountryChick]

I have a recipe for eggnog without the raw eggs. It's a recipe for young children, elderly, pregnant or someone sick. I remember it being as 'close' to store bought as I could get without using raw eggs. Plus I didn't want to make an Eggnog for Christmas Dinner that some of my family couldn't drink. I'll post this tomorrow when I look it up in my cookbook.