Tom and Jerry (drink)

Tom and Jerry
Cocktail
	A Tom & Jerry cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Served	Hot in a mug or bowl
Standard drinkware	Mug
Commonly used ingredients	Eggs or egg whites, powdered sugar, brandy, rum
Preparation	Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until stiff. Mix egg yolks with powdered sugar. Put a spoonful of yolk mixture in cup, and mix with brandy and rum. Fold in some egg white, then add hot milk and top with more egg white. Stir gently to fold in the egg white. Top with Nutmeg.

A Tom and Jerry is a traditional Christmastime cocktail in the United States, sometimes attributed to British writer Pierce Egan^[1] in the 1820s. It is a variant of eggnog with brandy and rum added and served hot, usually in a mug or a bowl.

Another method uses egg whites, beaten stiff, with the yolks and sugar folded back in, and optionally vanilla extract added. A few spoonfuls are added to a mug, then hot milk and rum are added, and it is topped with nutmeg. Pre-made Tom and Jerry batter, typically produced by Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas manufacturers, is sold in regional supermarkets during the Christmas season.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Name[]

The drink's name is a reference to Egan's book, Life in London, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom (1821), and the subsequent stage play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London (also 1821). To publicize the book and the play, Egan introduced a variation of eggnog by adding 1⁄2 US fluid ounce (15 ml) of brandy,^{[dubious – discuss]} calling it a "Tom and Jerry". The additional fortification helped popularize the drink.^[5]

Two much later cartoon duos, a short-lived Tom and Jerry from Van Beuren Studios in the 1930s, and the famous cat and mouse rivalry from the 1940s through the 1960s, also bore the name, possibly as a play on words with the drink.^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture[]

Tom and Jerry was a favorite of President Warren G. Harding, who served it at an annual Christmas party for his closest friends.^[6]

The drink features prominently in Damon Runyon's 1932 short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas", beginning with the passage

This hot Tom and Jerry is an old time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.^[7]

In the 1940 film Beyond Tomorrow, the characters drink Tom and Jerrys on Christmas Eve in the beginning of the film. When James Houston arrives to return Michael O'Brien's wallet, O'Brien insists that Houston "stay and have a bit of cheer with us." When O'Brien asks Houston what he'd like to drink, Houston replies, "Whatever you're having, sir." O'Brien says, "I'm having Tom and Jerry, myself" and ladles out the drink for himself, Houston, and Alan Chadwick.^[8]

The drink is also mentioned in Billy Wilder's 1960 film The Apartment, with C.C. Baxter, preparing to loan out his apartment to his boss for a Christmas Eve sexual tryst, informing him that "the Tom and Jerry mix is in the refrigerator."^[9]

References[]

^ https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014400-tom-and-jerry "It...is frequently (though not definitively) credited to Pierce Egan, the English chronicler of sports and popular culture." Egan was the author of Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, on which the 1821 play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London was based
^ Faust, Eric, Tom and Jerry batter is seasonally available in the Jamestown, New York, area, where a strong Swedish influence is prominent. "Connolly's Tom and Jerry Batter from Superior, WI," Heavy Table, 2009; See also Mrs. Bowen's Tom and Jerry Mix.
^ One example of the Batter mix is produced by Flaherty's Happy Tyme Company (P.O. Box 11472 - Mpls./St. Paul, MN 55111).
Its listed ingredients include: Eggs, Sugar, Vegetable Stabilizer, Cream of Tartar and Vanilla. {14 oz. tub: Bar code: 0-27356-12345-0}
^ Tom and Jerrys are so popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that Bryant's Cocktail Lounge maintains a dedicated Tom and Jerry room in December, in which the only possible order is a Tom and Jerry.
^ Block, Stephen. "The History of Egg Nog". Food History. The Kitchen Project. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2006-12-16.^{[unreliable source]}
^ Russell, Francis (1968). The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding In His Times. Easton Press. p. 141. ISBN 0-07-054338-0.
^ Runyon, Damon (1880–1946). "Dancing Dan's Christmas". The Damon Runyon Society. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
^ Jnpickens (December 20, 2010). "Island of misfit Christmas movies".
^ Bovino, Arthur. Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in The Nickel City, p. 737. The Countryman Press, 2018. ISBN 9781682681237. Accessed December 19, 2019. "'Yes, Mr. Sheldrake—no, I didn't forget—the tree is up and the Tom and Jerry mix is in the refrigerator—yes, sir— same to you,' Jack Lemmon says, playing C.C. Baxter in Billy Wilder's 1960 filck, The Apartment."

External links[]

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[1] ttps://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014400-tom-and-jerry "It...is frequently (though not definitively) credited to Pierce Egan, the English chronicler of sports and popular culture." Egan was the author of Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, on which the 1821 play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London was based

[2] Faust, Eric, Tom and Jerry batter is seasonally available in the Jamestown, New York, area, where a strong Swedish influence is prominent. "Connolly's Tom and Jerry Batter from Superior, WI," Heavy Table, 2009; See also Mrs. Bowen's Tom and Jerry Mix.

[3] One example of the Batter mix is produced by Flaherty's Happy Tyme Company (P.O. Box 11472 - Mpls./St. Paul, MN 55111).
Its listed ingredients include: Eggs, Sugar, Vegetable Stabilizer, Cream of Tartar and Vanilla. {14 oz. tub: Bar code: 0-27356-12345-0}

[4] Tom and Jerrys are so popular in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that Bryant's Cocktail Lounge maintains a dedicated Tom and Jerry room in December, in which the only possible order is a Tom and Jerry.

[KPHist-5] Block, Stephen. "The History of Egg Nog". Food History. The Kitchen Project. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2006-12-16.^{[unreliable source]}

[6] Russell, Francis (1968). The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding In His Times. Easton Press. p. 141. ISBN 0-07-054338-0.

[dan-7] Runyon, Damon (1880–1946). "Dancing Dan's Christmas". The Damon Runyon Society. Retrieved 2006-12-27.

[8] Jnpickens (December 20, 2010). "Island of misfit Christmas movies".

[9] Bovino, Arthur. Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in The Nickel City, p. 737. The Countryman Press, 2018. ISBN 9781682681237. Accessed December 19, 2019. "'Yes, Mr. Sheldrake—no, I didn't forget—the tree is up and the Tom and Jerry mix is in the refrigerator—yes, sir— same to you,' Jack Lemmon says, playing C.C. Baxter in Billy Wilder's 1960 filck, The Apartment."

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Tom and Jerry (drink)

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