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Chocolate Milkshake Recipe
by Christine Lamb

When the term

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.”

However,

by 1900, the term referred to "wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry,

or vanilla syrups." By the "early 1900s people were asking for the

new treat, often with ice cream." By the 1930s, milkshakes were a popular

drink at malt shops, which were the "typical soda fountain of the

period... used by students as a meeting place or hangout."

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. Hamilton Beach's drink mixers

began being used at soda fountains in 1911 and the electric blender or drink

mixer was invented by Steven Poplawski in 1922. With the invention of the

blender, milkshakes began to take their modern, whipped, aerated, and frothy

form. Malted milk drinks are made with malted milk powder, which contains dried

milk, malted barley and wheat flour. Malted milk powder was invented in 1897 by

William Horlick as an easily digested restorative health drink for invalids and

children, and as an infant's food.

The

use of malted milk powder in milkshakes was popularized in the USA by the

Chicago drugstore chain Walgreens. In 1922, Walgreens' employee Ivar

"Pop" Coulson made a milkshake by adding two scoops of vanilla ice

cream to the standard malted milk drink recipe (milk, chocolate syrup and malt

powder). This item, under the name "Horlick's Malted Milk," was

featured by the Walgreen drugstore chain as part of a chocolate milk shake,

which itself became known as a "malted" or "malt" and became

one of the most popular soda fountain drinks.

The

automation of milkshakes developed in the 1930s, after the invention of Freon cooled

refrigerators provided a safe, reliable way of automatically making and

dispensing ice cream. In 1936, inventor Earl Prince used the basic concept

behind the Freon cooled automated ice cream machine to develop the Multimixer,

a "five-spindled mixer that could produce five milkshakes at once, all

automatically, and dispense them at the pull of a lever into awaiting paper cups."

In

the late 1930s, several newspaper articles show that the term

"frosted" was used to refer to milkshakes made with ice cream. In

1937, the Denton Journal in

Maryland stated that "For a 'frosted' shake, add a dash of your favorite

ice cream." In 1939, the Mansfield News in Ohio stated that "A

frosted beverage, in the vernacular, is something good to which ice cream has

been added. Example par excellence is frosted coffee that hot, tasty beverage

made chilly with ice and frosty with ice cream."

No

need to drive and get a chocolate milkshake, you can make your own milkshake in

your own kitchen.

Chocolate

Milkshake

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2013, Christine’s Pantry. All rights reserved.

Ingredients:

3

bananas, peeled and rough chopped

6

strawberries, hull

2

Directions:

Add

all ingredients to a blender, pulse until smooth. Pour into glasses. Enjoy!