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."
Mudslide Shake
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2012, Christine’s Pantry. All rights reserved.
Ingredients:
2
scoops coffee ice cream
1
1/2 ounces vanilla vodka
3/4
cup kaluha mudslide
Directions:
Place
ice cream in a glass, then add vanilla vodka and kaluha mudslide. Stir and
enjoy!
This
is not for the children.
Tip: For best results
keep vodka in the freezer and kaluha mudslide in the refrigerator.
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Interesting post, I knew none of that. I am off to make myself a 'real' milkshake. :-) Hic.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day Diane
what a delicious shake!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy to me!
ReplyDeleteMy kids will thank you for this recipe. :) Fantastic. :)
ReplyDeletePS... I would have to make the non-alcoholic ones of course. LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteChristine, using coffee ice cream and vanilla vodka in this is sheer genius! Thanks for this great drink idea and the history behind my favorite soda fountain treat... the adult version sounds wonderful.
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