PAGE 4 Holmes County HERALD - Thursday, december 17, 2020 Southern Miss ½ pint rum, ½ pint sherry Return mixture to saucepan ¾ cup sugar wine, 12 eggs, 12 Tbsp. and cook over medium heat ¼ cup rum awards degrees at sugar, 1 quart milk, 1 quart until slightly thick and coats 1 tsp. vanilla extract IN THE KITCHEN fall 2020 heavy cream. There was a the back of a spoon, but does 1 cup flour WITH footnote that said to let sit in not boil. Remove from heat 1 tsp. baking powder commencements refrigerator for 3 days before and stir in heavy cream; add ½ tsp. salt Press Release serving and be sure to taste bourbon or rum. Refrigerate 1 (14 oz.) can The University of Southern frequently. until served; garnish with condensed milk Mississippi (USM) awarded LeeAnn December 24th is Na- whipped cream. 1 ½ cups eggnog undergraduate, graduate and tional Eggnog Day. It can 3 Tbsp. rum specialist degrees to more be served with your favorite EGGNOG COOKIES Preheat oven to 350 de- than 1,000 students graduat- “spirits” or nonalcoholic. 2 ¼ cups flour grees. Coat an 11 x 7- inch ing in the fall 2020 semester. Time for Eggnog Treat your family to a glass 1 tsp. baking powder baking dish with butter. Beat USM graduates from the When eggnog hits the dairy like decadence. In the South, of eggnog or a dish made ½ tsp. cinnamon eggs in a bowl; ad sugar local area include: section of the grocery, you eggnog was a staple of ev- with eggnog for Christmas ½ tsp. nutmeg and mix until creamy. Add PICKENS know that Christmas is on its eryone’s Christmas celebra- Eve. I hope you will give 1 ¼ cups sugar rum and vanilla extract. Add Jalisia Kerria Lipsey, way. Eggnog is considered to tion. these a try. Merry Christmas ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter flour, baking powder, and Bachelor of Science. be a very Southern drink. In Eggnog dates back to Me- to all of you. Have a safe ½ cup eggnog salt and mix until combined; TCHULA the early days of the United dieval times. Most historians and happy holiday. Thanks 1 t sp. Vanilla extract don’t overbeat and pour into VerKilya Eleshia Hogan, States, the Northern states believe it originated from a for reading. 2 large egg yolks prepared dish. Bake for 20 – Bachelor of Science in Bus considered celebrating with drink called “posset” – a hot, Preheat oven to 350 de- 25 minutes until toothpick Administration. eggnog a sign of unchristian milky, ale drink. CLASSIC EGGNOG grees. In a small bowl, whisk inserted into center comes Colonists referred to rum 2 cups milk dry ingredients together. In out clean. Allow to cool. PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT as grog. Bartenders served ½ tsp. cinnamon a large bowl, mix the butter Combine condensed milk, TO rum in small wooden carved ½ tsp. nutmeg and sugar; add the remaining eggnog and rum in a bowl FILE APPLICATION mugs called “noggins”. The ½ tsp. vanilla extract ingredients together and beat until well combined. Poke The Town of Pickens will hold a public meeting drink eventually became 6 large egg yolks until smooth. Mix in the dry holes in the cake with a on January 4, 2021, at 10:00 A.M. to be held at egg-n-grog and over time ½ cup sugar ingredients. Drop by table- toothpick or skewer; slowly the Town Hall located at 163 North 2nd Street became eggnog. 1 cup heavy cream spoons onto a cookie sheet pour sauce over cake; cover Pickens, Mississippi. This public meeting is to George and Martha Wash- 1 cup bourbon or rum lined with parchment paper with foil and refrigerate un- inform the general public of the Town’s intent to ington were famous for their Whipped cream for serving about 1 inch apart; sprinkle til sauce is absorbed. Serve file an application for Federal Assistance through White House parties during In a small saucepan over with additional nutmeg. cake with whipped cream USDA, Rural Development (Community Facilities his presidency. His Christ- Low heat, combine milk, Bake for 15 minutes or un- topped with cinnamon. Loan/Grant Program) for the following purpose: mas celebrations would last cinnamon, nutmeg, and va- til bottoms turn light brown. *Lee Ann Fleming is a • Purchase one (1) new tractor and one (1) for days. After reading his nilla; slowly bring to a boil. Transfer to wire racks to Holmes County native, food new boom arm mower recipe for eggnog, I could In a large bowl, whisk egg cool. columnist and has garnered • Purchase of two (2) new Law Enforcement see why. Nobody was able yolks with sugar; slowly add fame for her recipes fea- Vehicles to go home! His recipe for hot milk mixture to egg yolks EGGNOG POKE CAKE tured in the film, The Help. The purpose of the public meeting is to give the 3 quarts of eggnog: 1 pint of in batches to temper the eggs Butter Fleming can be reached at citizenry an opportunity to become acquainted with brandy, ½ pint rye whiskey, and whisk until combined. 4 eggs [email protected]. the proposed projects and to offer comments on such items as economic and environmental im- pact. Public Hearing Notice Crossword Puzzle Rural Area Program

The Sunflower Humphreys Counties Progress, Inc. of Indianola, Mississippi, is considering apply- ing to the Mississippi Department of Transporta- tion, Public Transportation Division, for assistance through its Rural Area Program to provide public transportation services within Holmes County. Funding is available to state agencies, local public bodies and agencies thereof, non-profit organiza- tions, operators of public transportation services in locations other than urbanized Area, and, under special circumstances, private operators of public transportation on a competitive basis to undertake eligible transportation activities.

The goals of the Rural Area Program are: to en- hance the access of people in non-urbanized Area to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and recreation; to assist in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in the rural and small urban Area; to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all federal funds used to provide passenger transportation in non-urban- ized Area through the coordination of programs and services; and to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in non-urbanized transportation to the maximum extent feasible.

The purposes for which these funds can be used are capital purchases that include such items as support vehicles, communication equipment, wheelchair lifts, etc.; administrative costs that in- clude such items as salaries, office supplies, in- surance, etc.; and operating expenses that include such items as driver’s wages, fuel, oil, etc. More specific details regarding eligible activities, pro- gram requirements and the program criteria will be provided at a public hearing which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 via zoom. The meeting id for this zoom meeting is 919 2844 4726 and the Passcode is 780501. All questions or comments should be ad- dressed to Ms. Monica Hope at (662)887-1431 or [email protected].

The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain citizen input into the development of the application.