Eggnog spiked with salmonella?

You’ve gotta hand it to scientists…they’re dedicated. Just don’t ask them for seconds on the nog.

A perennial holiday dilemma: will alcohol kill the bacteria in homemade eggnog? Microbiologists Vince Fischetti and Raymond Schuch, from The Rockefeller University, ran an experiment in the lab to see whether salmonella can survive in a vat of spiked eggnog. Dr. Rebecca Lancefield’s Eggnog Recipe.

Don’t try this at home.