“To go Tom and Jerrying was to go out on the town, and a Tom and Jerry was also a low dive. According to Dave Wondrich, the name does come indirectly from Egan. However, reports of the warm, egg-based nog have been documented in America since the 1820s, and is sometimes even credited to English author Pierce Egan, who penned a play of the same name in 1821 (though there is no evidence to corroborate it in UK records). In numerous accounts, Professor Jerry Thomas claims its conception in 1847, having been quoted as naming it after himself and “two small white mice” he kept as pets called, of course, Tom and Jerry. A descendent of Eggnog, the Tom and Jerry was created sometime in the early 19th century, most likely in New England. This is a pain-in-the-ass drink to mix, but one well-worth the rosy noses it will produce.
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