So a couple of weeks ago I decided I needed a Blizzard so I stopped by a DQ.
There was a couple in front of me ordering a cone, which they seemed to be struggling with, and when the woman turned sideways I was shocked to see 3/4 inch ( minimum) fake eyelashes as thick as a toothbrush. I mean they were disturbing Tammy Faye Baker length. To top it off she had bright silver glitter eye shadow. I thought I had entered a Lady Gaga casting call.
So they finish up and I step to the counter to place my order as a mother and daughter step to the other register. One of them asks for a banana/chocolate milkshake and the person behind the counter asks if they want chocolate and banana ice cream mixed or banana with chocolate syrup.
“Ice cream? Why would you put ice cream in a milkshake?”
The history of the electric blender, malted milk drinks and milkshakes are interconnected. Before the widespread availability of electric blenders, milkshake-type drinks were more like eggnog, or they were a hand-shaken mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings.
I guess it started just like it’s name. More interestingly however…
When the term “milkshake” was first used in print in 1885, milkshakes were an alcoholic whiskey drink that has been described as a “sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc., served as a tonic as well as a treat”.
Why do all the good drinks eventually get turned into something the kids can drink
I thought long and hard and then went for it. I worked hard today so I figured it would be ok to treat myself.
I put on my Livestrong shirt, which burns 10 calories a minute, and laced up the Newtons to burn a few more calories and drove over to DQ. Hell with all of that I think it may have been negative calories from that ice cream based treat.
