Drinking Float in Appalachia | A Sweet Cold Beverage

Float is a sweet cold drink from the mountains of Appalachia. The taste is similar to a vanilla milkshake. It's basically a custard recipe. Watch this video to see how to make it and to learn more about float in Appalachia.

Cookbook I used: Mark Sohn's Appalachian Cooking can be found here: http://markfsohn.com/purchase-books/

You need:

1 quart milk
4 large eggs
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

First-put the milk in a large sauce pot and allow it to warm on medium heat.

While the milk is heating-mix the eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl.

Add part of the hot milk to the egg mixture and stir well-then add all the sugar/milk mixture to the rest of the milk in the sauce pot. Continue to stir and heat mixture until it reaches 175 F on a candy thermometer or until the mixture thickens slightly (it won’t get very thick). If you end up with any scrambled egg pieces in the float-you can strain them out.

Pour the float in a jar and let chill in the frig before serving. You can sprinkle a little nutmeg on top of the float once you serve it-or not-its good either way.

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