It's Milkshake Season! (merged topic)

Schielke · March 31, 2003

What makes a good shake? I dont ever make them at home for some reason and would love to get some recipes, tips, or general practices for good milkshakes.

Lay it on me!

Thanks!

Ben

Schielke · March 31, 2003

I found this truly disgusting link on how to make a vegemite milkshake.

warning: popups galore

mamster · March 31, 2003

Don't make a milkshake. Make a malt, with a few heaping spoonfuls of Horlick's malt powder.

Jason Perlow · March 31, 2003

Don't make a milkshake. Make a malt, with a few heaping spoonfuls of Horlick's malt powder.

At the store, when I asked for a Horlick, the person behind the counter refferred me to some ill-reputed lady hanging out on the street corner.

Schielke · March 31, 2003

I got a bunch of that leftover and am all about malts. Sweet Sweet malt.

melkor · June 27, 2003

I'm bringing this back up since its 100 degrees out and noone posted any recipes the last time this was up... So what makes the best milkshake? Milk and icecream? Malt? No malt? whats the key?

Jinmyo · June 27, 2003

No milkshakes. Beer.

fifi · June 27, 2003

Malt. Lots of malt. Cold cold ice cream. Real milk. YUM. Ice flakes should form.

runninwithscissors · June 27, 2003

What makes a good shake? I dont ever make them at home for some reason and would love to get some recipes, tips, or general practices for good milkshakes.
Lay it on me!
Thanks!
Ben

I always thought milk and ice cream, blended properly, was the answer, but being diagnosed last year with type 1 diabetes, I started using heavy cream instead of milk (no lactose carbs in cream) and WHAT a difference cream makes. I only do this with premium ice cream, and only once a month, tho my endo says I should do it once a week so I gain some weight. Right... and he's gonna buy my new wardrobe?? Plus pay for the quadruple bypass?? I think not....

Varmint · June 27, 2003

Is a traditional milk shake maker absolutely necessary? Others believe so. I may have to invest in one.

elyse · June 27, 2003

Nooooo. Any blender will be fine.

Actually, the ice cream should be on the soft side so you don't get giant lumps. It'll be thicker. Cold cold milk. Malt.

Varmint · June 27, 2003

No milkshakes. Beer.

Perhaps a beer milkshake?

Jinmyo · June 27, 2003

No milkshakes. Beer.
Perhaps a beer milkshake?

Sure. No ice cream. No milk or cream. Just a sudsy head and fine lace traceries on the glass.

melkor · June 27, 2003

I ended up making a plain vanilla shake, 1/2 leftover vanilla icecream that I had made a few days ago, and 1/2 milk. No malt in the house, it's on the list for the next trip to the store.

The end result was pretty good tho it could have been thicker.

JFLinLA · June 27, 2003

It's not rocket science:

1. Fill the blender with ice cream.

2. Fill the spaces with milk.

3. Blend

That's it. If it's too thick, add more milk. If you want it thicker, add more ice cream.

jackal10 · June 27, 2003

You can make a Macdonalds "milkshake" palatable by starting with the chocolate flavour, and pour in a cup of the liquid they call black coffee. Stir well.

(If you have to be in that establishment with young relatives and their parents, for example)

Edited June 27, 2003 by jackal10 (log)

Schielke · June 27, 2003

Ok so for a chocolate milkshake do you prefer making it with chocolate ice cream and milk or vanilla ice cream, milk, and chocolate syrup (or other forms of chocolate)?

Ben

slkinsey · June 27, 2003

Ok so for a chocolate milkshake do you prefer making it with chocolate ice cream and milk or vanilla ice cream, milk, and chocolate syrup (or other forms of chocolate)?

During my formative years in New England vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup (or chocolate ice cream and vanilla syrup -- or, if you could get the guy to do it, a little bit of all four) was called a "black & white." A vanilla was vanilla ice cream/vanilla syrup; a chocolate was chocolate ice cream/chocolate syrup. Of course, for those of you who are not from the region with the highest per capita ice cream consumption in America, we're talking about frappes and not milkshakes. Ask for a chocolate milkshake in Boston and you get a glass of whipped chocolate milk.

MatthewB · June 27, 2003

During my formative years in New England vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup (or chocolate ice cream and vanilla syrup -- or, if you could get the guy to do it, a little bit of all four) . . .

Thanks, Sam.

The fact that you spent your formative years *in* ice cream & syrup explains a lot.

Have you seen this recipe? Might be right up your alley!

"Skinny-Dipping at Dusk"

8 c. water

25 lbs. cocoa

Store the water in a cool place, allowing it to bio-ripen for a period lasting months or even years. Meanwhile, fill your largest roasting pan with cocoa. Roll in cocoa.

Carry on.

Edit: Added emphasis for clarity

Edited June 27, 2003 by MatthewB (log)

fresco · June 27, 2003

Matthew B,

You mention rolling in cocoa more often than I mention starving children. (And I should add that my dreams are now haunted by fat, starving children.)

Edited June 27, 2003 by fresco (log)

MatthewB · June 27, 2003

Matthew B,
You mention rolling in cocoa more often than I mention starving children. (And I should add that my dreams are now haunted by fat, starving children.)

Hey, it's Friday afternoon. I'm starting to make weekend plans!

fresco · June 27, 2003

Let the good times, er, roll in cocoa.

MsRamsey · June 27, 2003

It's not rocket science:

It may not be, but I'm in the process of a Seattle chocolate milkshake overview. Places where you'd expect a great shake often have flavorless, or very lackluster, shakes. A local example for me is Husky Deli in West Seattle, a store that makes it's OWN really great ice cream, but their shakes suck. And then, sometimes you'll find a really great shake somewhere you predicted you wouldn't.

Steebles · June 27, 2003

My Father's Milkshake:

Milk

Nestle's Quik

2 Scoops Vanilla Ice Cream

It's more of a Float, I suppose. There's no blender involved. But the chocolate milk forms these yummy little crusties on the Ice Cream and, when I was a kid anyway, there was nothing better.

Dad made one of these and a grilled cheese sandwich every single working day lunch until he retired, so there's a lot of nostalgia value for me in this hehe.

As an adult though.. I've never been able to get myself to purchase Nestle's Quik.