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 > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail >http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/