 our kids and growing up. Hello, we are live. Is there anybody out there? This is Take2. This is the day of technology oopsies. I tried to go live earlier and it flopped. Yeah. Like, it is what it is. This is New Zealand, you guys. The internet's not always 100%. And so we are doing a Take2. We're on an island. That's what happens. Usually it's good. But I think that honestly, if you're not here, that's fine. You can watch this later. We just watched the previous one and it was cut off in six minutes. Two pixelated and it cut off. And so you're not getting what you need. So we're redoing it. So we're going to now double the amount of eggnog. So yay. OK, good. You can see us. Yay. OK. So if you don't know us already, who are you? I'm just going to introduce ourselves because they're probably like who's this person. I know why. They're on my channel. Oh, what if they just stomp onto you? Oh, that's true. That's true because they're kind of like eggnog. And they'd be like, how do I make eggnog in your video? OK, what would it look at me? Look at it. Can you see OK? I'm sorry. I'm a little bit. I just want to make sure that's working before we keep that one. Hello. Hi. Welcome, everyone. Give us a thumbs up if you can see us. And if we're not pixelated and we're good to hear us. Yes. So I'm Kiwi Americans. We're a family of six. I have moved to New Zealand. I've been here for six years. And Chantel, from Growing Up Without Borders, has joined us as well. We are in Queenstown. We're actually at the house that she's staying at. Yes. And so picked her up yesterday at the airport. So fun. It was so nice. And it's horrible weather in Wellington, so happy to be here. Yes. So yeah, so glad that it's better. We're on beautiful Lake Hayes. If you didn't know where that is, it's like 10 minutes from New Zealand, from Queenstown in the most beautiful area. Yes. Hi, from France. Woo. Thanks for joining us. Do you have eggnog in France? Because this video is all about how to make eggnog from scratch. Homemade. Because if you're not aware, you cannot buy it in the grocery store in New Zealand. And it's very frustrating. Americans, Canadians, we love eggnog. We love eggnog lattes. We love eggnog at Christmas. We love eggnog if you like alcohol in it, all very good. So yeah. So this is how to make it. Because you can't buy it in a store here. So I've had to make it myself. And there's lots of different ways to make it. This is a very simple recipe. I really like it. It tastes amazing. You will thank me. I want you all to try it. And let me know how you like it. Send me pictures of you making it. Or let me know just if you like it. If you don't like it, you can keep it to yourself. So. Cool. OK. What do you need? You need eggs? OK. So we need eggs. So we need six egg yolks. Six egg yolks. Now, people freak out about eggnog because they worry about the raw egg of it. But this is a cooked version. So if you are concerned, if you use pasteurized eggs, that would be better. So yeah. So this is a take two of our eggnog. So separate the eggs. So we need six of those. We have six? Yeah. And then we need two cups of milk. Yeah. Well, no. For the eggs, you just need the sugar. OK. Sure. Yeah. So then what we're going to do is we're going to mix the eggs and add the sugar. But for this recipe, it's super simple. All you need is milk, egg yolks, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and clove, and heavy cream. That's it. That's it. That's all you need. And you're welcome. It's going to be so good. All right. OK. Jelly bee is not a fan of eggnog. Well, you're just a fan. You haven't tried mine yet. OK. So if you notice that the egg yolks in New Zealand are quite orange, so you want to beat them so they start to get a light yellow. Sorry, it's really loud. It's fine. Going back to the mix. So then we're going to add three fourths of a cup of sugar, slowly to the eggs. And you just beat it in. And then it'll come this beautiful fluffy. You want it to be fluffy and a really light yellow. So here we get start pouring that in, which would be fine. Yep. So just keep going. I'm going to slowly pour that in. Key more. Makes it green more. Oh, the line. That's what it looks like there. So nice and fluffy. So beautiful. OK. OK. So what we're going to do is, so the next thing that you do, so you put that to the side, the next thing that you do is you're going to heat up two cups of milk. Yep. And we've already done that, I believe. We've already done that. OK. You have two cups of milk with the spices, the cinnamon nutmeg and cloves. The recipe that I will put in the description is does not include nutmeg, but thank you. FYI, it's still quite hot. Oh, it's quite hot. You need to let it cool a tiny little bit because you don't want it to cook your eggs. Yeah, it's not cooking the eggs. Now, if you're milk curdles, if you boil it, if it gets too hot, it's fine. You can just put it through a strainer and take that off. Like, no reason to throw it out. Also, a lot of people don't like that egg whites go to waste. So you can just make some pavlova. Or also, there's lots of recipes for egg nag where you can beat up the egg whites and add it. And it just makes a thicker egg nag. So you can certainly do that as well. So. OK, it's still kind of hot. Do you want a minute? Yeah, we'll wait a minute. OK. While we're waiting a minute, it's commercial time. Oh, commercial break while we let the milk cool. This is a stress-troll presentation from growing up without borders. So I'm a guest on Tara's show. But we are a traveling family. And we came to New Zealand in March 2020. We're still here, if you can imagine. And since we travel around the world, we make really cool videos on YouTube. But this year, we came out with a calendar. So it's the Growing Up Without Borders 2022 calendar, which I'm promoting as a commercial on her channel. But go ahead and check it out under Growing Up Without Borders forward slash calendar, because it's really cool. And the photography in here is amazing. Just to give you a sneak preview, this is a place in Switzerland above Moldau in the French-speaking area. And it's absolutely gorgeous. So yeah, it's amazing. The pictures in this calendar are wowed. Yeah, I think so too. So it's very cool. They're like a family of five that have literally been to 100 countries. Yeah. And we picked our favorite places that are dear to our heart that kind of like speak to us to share with you guys. So I hope you enjoy it. And we're going to record a video today. Yeah, we're going to record a video on Christmases around the world and how it's different. Because in every country, of course, it's celebrated differently. Yeah, we were talking about it. And the thing she was telling me, I was like, what? Because they've had such extensive travel. I've traveled, but not nearly as much as she has. And she's been in a lot of different countries at Christmas. Now, of course, it's different to experience tradition as a visitor, as opposed to somebody that lives there. But it's at least fun to talk about. Exactly. I'm going to read what you guys are saying. I love that we have been met up. That is so cool. I know you want to know how it happened too. The little story is, so last fall, and our videos are coming out about that soon. So we're going to be posting Christmas last year and this year, which is really at the start. But she messaged us and she's like, hey, where are we? Where are you? Whatever. We were talking on Instagram. So we talked on Instagram, which is right. And then we were in the Rotorua area around Christmas. And she's like, I'm going to be up there for New Year's. We should meet up. Oh, that'd be awesome. So we met up on Lake Tara Wareh. We did New Year's together. On New Year's Eve. Now it's rocked it. New Year's Eve. It was our first encounter. Yeah, it was fun. It was amazing. And it was at their friend's batch, a batch for those who didn't know it was like a cottage, like a lake house. And there was like, how many people, like how many kids? A lot of kids. We had a big dance party. We'd stay up all night. We'd jump off the pier at midnight. And it's all recorded. And it was very fun. So we've been best buddies since. Yeah. It's been really cool. We've been hanging out. We see each other. It's fine. She's like, yeah, she's lived in the States a lot. She's lived in Canada, you know, Switzerland. And so it's nice. It's fun. And our kids are like all similar ages. Yeah. And they all get along. It's great. Yes. Here we go. All right. Woo-hoo. OK. Time to mix in. All right. So we're going to temper the egg. So what that means is you add a little bit of the milk at a time and keep mixing it here. Do you want me to mix it? Yeah, maybe you can measure. Do you want to add a little bit? Yeah, just, I don't know, just add two and 12. Keep mixing it. Just a little bit little so it's not too hot. Yeah. So it's not too hot. Woo-hoo. Here we go. This is like the easiest recipe. There's just no excuses for this. Not making it. It's still done, right? Yeah, perfect. OK, so then we're going to add this into there. Yeah, so you move the eggs then into the pot. We're going to continue to cook this on medium heat for a little bit longer until it thickens a bit. And we're going to add a couple of cream. Do we have that? I can get that. So that's a cup of cream, guys. Fresh cream, one cup. Here we go. This is almost a three-fourth of a cup. Oh, I don't know what that is. Oh, yeah, there we go. I'm like, because we're not obviously in our own home. So we're in someone else's home. And it's always fun using their appliances and their kingdom. It's so much more fun to be in someone else's kitchen. And it's doubly more fun to clean up than someone else's kitchen. I don't know why that is. It's torture in your own kitchen. But someone else's is fun. It's all new stuff, especially this place is nice stuff. So yeah, you add the white chocolate cream. And then we're going to cook it on medium heat for a little bit longer. And just when you start to feel it thickened, you just want to take it off the heat. And then you're done. That's it, ladies and gentlemen. So then let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours. You don't want to drink hot eggnog. You want it to be cold. So overnight is great. Yeah, I would suggest chilling it at least overnight. Yeah. And then you're good to go. Then you're good to go. Then once it's done, you put it in a bowl in the fridge. Yep, I put it in like a pitcher, whatever you have. Again, you can add alcohol. You can add alcohol at this point, if you would like. And yeah, no, when it's just cooling. Because what it does is it will preserve it longer. So it can last longer in the refrigerator. Otherwise, you know, it'll just be a couple of days. Honestly, it won't last. So the key is when you're ready to serve it, you're going to put it in like a clear glass. And what's so cool about eggnog is it will be like this beautiful light yellow at the bottom with some like a cream at the top, like a, I don't know, kind of like a foam when you do like a cappuccino. And then you put whipped cream and nutmeg. You put nutmeg, cinnamon. I mean, you can put cinnamon, but I recommend nutmeg. It's just beautiful. And then you can hand it up for Christmas. So yeah, put it in your coffee in the morning, have it, serve it to your guests. If you're in New Zealand, bring it somewhere and have people try it. Oh, they're going to love it. They're going to love it. They're going to absolutely love it. It's, I think that it doesn't, it's not great because of the name. Like, I think the name people are like, I'm not drinking eggs. You know, like I've had trouble personally getting people to try it because they don't want to eggnog. Doesn't sound very appetizing. So maybe we need to create our own name for it, Chantel. Well, it is, it is. I think we should call it Christmas Deliciousness. Okay, so when it's really hot. Christmas present. When it's really hot. Yeah, really hot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When it, just when it starts to thicken. Just thicken. It's almost like custard in a cup, but more delicious because it's homemade. I mean, homemade custard is really good. Oh, I'm just reading some. What does eggnog taste like? Okay, great question. Maybe we should describe it. It is Christmas heaven, is what I'm trying to tell you. It's creamy. It's like a creamy, sweet, with the best spices, Christmas spices. Okay, cloves, not make cinnamon. What's better than that? If you don't like one of those, don't have to put it in. And then, yeah, it's so good. It's hard to drink slowly. I recently had it with rum. I don't normally have it with alcohol, guys. It was, I don't know. It's like the best drink ever. So like my tradition is when we're gonna decorate the Christmas tree, we have eggnog. And really nobody in my family likes it except for my teenage son. So it's me and him. And I like that nobody likes it because then it's more for me. Oh, yeah. Let's be honest. So, yeah, so, and you can make it really pretty. Like you can, you could do like, it takes the sugar and make it green and red and put it on the rim and then add the eggnog and you can make it really amazing. Ooh, Reno, Nevada. We've got some interesting places joining us. Kazakhstan. Wow. Kazakhstan. Yes, the custard slices in New Zealand are one of my favorites. So if you like those, you were going to like eggnog, I promise. You're gonna want to try it. Eggnog does not last in our house, like. No. It lasts literally like one serving and everyone's like. Well, good thing we made double because of our first live, it didn't go well. Yeah. You have drunk all the rum in the way. We don't have rum here in the house. So unfortunately, we're gonna have to press a virgin line. Yeah. No, it's fine. It's delicious. You don't need alcohol. It's one of those things. Alcohol doesn't make it better. So make sure you guys let us know if you tried it and how it worked out. Yeah. Post pictures on my Instagram. Just, you know, check it out. There's a new business idea. You can start selling eggnog. You know how many people have told me that this week? Because I did a TikTok on it. And so I'm like, what is eggnog? And so then I had to make it and show them. And so, yeah, they're like, you should bottle this. Ooh, it's looking really good. I love it. Ooh, let's see it, let's see it. This is version two. I let it thicken a little bit more than my version one that we made. This one's actually quite thick, so that's perfect. You can see it's steaming up a little bit. Oh, that's perfect. That's the right smell. That's just right. So, yeah. It smells like heaven. Like I don't really know how to describe it. They want us to describe the taste, but I don't know. It's a little really good. It's just, just trying. Yeah. It was really easy. Hey, I'm just telling you. Do you drink eggnog in Germany? I don't think so. Do you? Cool. Let's get the... Curious minds want to know. Yeah, so that's it. That's eggnog for you. Look at that, 15 minutes. And you can have eggnog. And that's also looking to be doing a lot of talking. Yeah. Super easy, super simple. And of course, here in America, Canada, just go grocery store by it. But it's also really good in baking. If you're a baker, if you want to make an eggnog cake or eggnog custard or eggnog everything, you know, you can just Google that and just go a little crazy with it. Right. Greg's mom was a baker. That's so cool. She must have made some amazing things. I'm just dreaming of Christmas cookies and all that. So we're also going to make a video today about Christmases around the world and what it's like because obviously, Chateau has traveled to 100 countries and have spent Christmases in a lot of different places. Yeah, our kids have been like what they say. They say like, I've been chanced out of Christmas so many times. So this year though, we're actually going to stay at a house near Rotorua and we're going to decorate it up because they have all these decorations. Oh, nice. Yeah. That'll be really nice. Except when we arrived at 23rd and Christmas as you know is the 24th. Like we celebrate the 24th. Yeah, we do celebrate the Christmas Eve. So we have to quickly decorate and yeah. But yeah, so we're going to share this in a video. We're going to go record it right now and then Tara's going to have a live on her channel. Yeah, cool. It's like a Christmas around the world. So it's interesting. Obviously it's different as a traveler than someone that lives there. But yeah. So definitely try the eggnog. Let us know how you like it and thank you for joining us today. And we love you guys. We hope you have a wonderful holiday, Christmas, New Year's. Take a break. Enjoy. Enjoy. Yeah. Enjoy your families. We'll see you. Nice to see y'all.