NOGGED AND LOADED

Photo by Molly Melinger

INT. BACKROOM - NIGHT

We have a high-stakes game of Eggnog Roulette here.

A bunch of tough-looking cookies sit around a circular table giving each other the eye. Waiting. Anticipating.

In the center of the table is not a gun, no. It is three delectable shots of holiday nog. One of them, however, is not what it seems.

The rules are simple. Get a few shot glasses. Fill them with eggnog. Spike one of them with the strongest rum, brandy or bourbon you can find. Your dad will love this.

It isn’t necessarily about who gets to drink the most or least liquor in a given time—it’s about survival.

That’s the beauty of this game: there are no winners, just the joint suffering of you and your friends or family.

If your family has trouble being around each other during the holidays or if you are lactose- intolerant, please disregard this article entirely.

Play this game. If you have the stomach.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 oz Orange Jell-O

• 3 oz Raspberry Jell-O

• 0.25 oz or 1 packet of unflavored gelatin

• 7 oz condensed milk

• 2 ¼ c vanilla vodka

• 3 ¼ c boiling water

• 2 oz plastic portion cups