Milkshake

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Strawberry milkshake with whipped cream and syrup

A milkshake (from English milk “milk” and to shake “to shake”, referred to as frappé in Switzerland ) is a drink for which milk with ice cream , fruit (e.g. strawberries or bananas ), chocolate or flavors such as vanilla whisked in a blender. A milkshake is usually only prepared immediately before drinking in order to avoid the different heavy components from separating again.

Ivar “Pop” Coulson from Chicago is considered to be the inventor of the milkshake. In 1922, he came up with the idea of ​​mixing milk, chocolate, malt and ice cream into one drink. Milkshakes became popular in the USA through the milk bars and are now standard offerings in many ice cream parlors , cafés and fast food chains.

A related drink that does not necessarily consist to a large extent of milk is known in Spain under the name Granizado . Granizado consists exclusively of fruit juice or almond milk ( Spanish : horchata ), which is mixed with a lot of crushed ice. The café frappé is also related to the milkshake .

Freakshake

A special modern form of milkshakes is in Australia in Pâtissez in Canberra created Freak Shake . The characteristic of a freakshake is the topping , which consists of a large portion of cream, decorated with all kinds of sweets, such as pieces of cake, donuts , sauces or sugar pacifiers, and which gives the freakshake its particularly striking appearance. The creations of New York top chef Joe Isidori, the former private chef of Donald Trump , whose photos were disseminated on social networks, also contributed to the popularization of the freakshake .

Web links

Commons : Milkshake  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Milkshake  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hilary Osborne: Freakshakes: the rise of a monstrous mashup of drink and dessert. In: The Guardian of August 31, 2016.
  2. a b Super-delicious Freak. Create trendy sales bombs with John's. In: Barcall. Magazine for People, Drinks and Concepts , Issue 17 (2017), pp. 104–105, here p. 105.