RE: [gardeners] How to make a milkshake (...was Eggplant

Janni (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:13:42 -0500

When I ever get a 'malt' (as opposed to milkshake, which is a malt without 
the malt base) I ask for double malt, because I love it! I make malt at 
home in the blender with real ice cream and milk, sometimes put an egg in!!

Jann
At 12:47 PM 7/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Margaret,
>
>When I was growing up, my dad employed me as a "Soda Jerk" in his
>Drug Store/Soda Fountain. I must have made a million milkshakes/malts.
>
>The "Ice Cream" part of a milkshake was actually something called
>malt base. We got it delivered from the same supplier that we got
>our regular dipping ice cream. Malt base looks a lot like vanilla
>ice cream but has a slightly different texture without much flavor.
>
>To make a milkshake I would take the metal milkshake container, add
>flavored syrup, malt base, and whole milk then attach it to the
>trusty Hamilton Beach milkshake blender (I still have this blender and
>a couple of the metal milkshake containers). When blended, pour into a large
>glass. To make a malt I just added some malt powder to the above mixture.
>
>-Doug Reed (still making milkshakes in my sleep)
>-Boulder, CO
>
>
>--- Margaret Lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > What do they contain then?
> >
> > At 10:09 AM 7/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > >--- Margaret Lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net>
> > >wrote:
> > > > Whoa! I don't have a clue what "breve" is other than
> > > > in "alla breve", and
> > > > since when did milkshakes not contain ice cream?
> > > > Margaret L
> > > >
> > >
> > >In Boston milkshakes don't contain ice cream.
> > >
> > >Stacey
> >
>
>
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