A shake (sometimes called a shake) is a sweet drink made by mixing milk, ice cream, and a thick, sweet, cold mixture, such as buttermilk, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, fruit syrup, or whole fruit. It can also be made using bases made from non-dairy products, including plant-based milk such as almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk.
Smoothies originated in the United States in the early 1900s and gained popularity over the next two decades with the introduction of electric mixers. Ice cream parlors are a culturally acceptable meeting place for young people, and as smoothies become a symbol of young people's innocence, they have become a common part of popular youth culture.
Since 2019, throwing milkshakes at politicians has become a common protest tactic in some countries.
Preparation
Full-service restaurants, ice cream parlors, soda fountains, and diners prepare the shake in a special mixer commonly called a shake machine. At home, the blender is mainly used. Shakes can be made with any flavor of ice cream; Additional flavors such as chocolate syrup, malt syrup, or powdered malt milk are often added before mixing.
Many fast food establishments don't flinch with personal ingredients; Instead, they use automatic shakes, which freeze and serve a pre-made shake mix consisting of milk, sweetening agent, and hardening agent. They are similar to soft serve ice cream machines, but hold the shake until it is a drinkable consistency.
Terminology
The terminology around the difference between a shake that uses ice cream and other types of flavored milk varies by region. An ice cream-based shake is called a thick shake to separate it. In New England and parts of eastern Canada, the name Frappe (/ fræp / FRAP) is used. [1] [2] Rhode Islanders sometimes refer to shakes as "cabinets." [3] Shakes containing powdered malt milk are sometimes called malt. The term concrete is used for thick shakes when turned like restaurant sewers. [4]
Story
A strawberry and chocolate milkshake, each of whipped cream, chopped and maraschino cherry
1880-1930
When the term "shake" was first used in print in 1885, shakes were described as "an alcoholic whiskey drink with a strong and healthy agnog drink, eggs, whiskey, etc., a tonic." [5] In 1900, however, the term was called "health drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrup." "In the early 1900s, people often asked for a new ice cream treat." In the 1930s, smoothies were a popular beverage in malt shops, "the typical source of refreshment of the day ... used by students as a gathering place or gathering place." [5]
The history of the electric mixer, milkshakes and smoothies are intertwined. Before electric blenders were widely available, smoothie-type drinks were like agnag, or they were a mix of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavors that was stirred by hand. [6] Hamilton Beach introduced its cyclonic beverage mixer in 1910 and is widely used in soda fountains. [7] [8] [9]
The Hamilton Beach overhead motor design is the most common type of smoothie machine. In 1922, Steven Poplowski invented the lower motor blender, which is sometimes used to make smoothies. [10] With the invention of the blender, smoothies began to take on their modern, smooth, airy, and frothy look.
The use of malted milk powder in shakes is popular at the Chicago Walgreens US drugstore chain. Malted milk powder, a mixture of condensed milk, malted barley, and wheat flour, was invented in 1897 by William Horlick to be used as an easily digestible, restorative health drink and baby food for the disabled and children. [11] [12] However, healthy people soon began drinking beverages made from malted milk for flavor, [12] and malted milk beverages containing milk, chocolate syrup, and powdered malt became the standard offering. in the soda fountains. In 1922, Walgreens employee Ivor "Pop" Coulson made two-point vanilla ice cream shakes by adding it to a standard malted milk drink recipe. [13] Called "Horlicks Malted Milk", the product was displayed by a Walgreen drugstore chain as part of the Chocolate Milkshake, popularly known as "Malted" or "Malt" and has become one of the most popular sources of soft drinks. [14]
After the invention of freon-cooled refrigerators, shake automation was developed in the 1930s, providing a safe and reliable way to automatically make and distribute ice cream. In 1936, inventor Earl Prince used the basic concept behind the freon-cooled automated ice cream machine to develop a multi-mix mixer, a "five-axis mixer that can produce five shakes at a time, all automatically, and distribute them on a towel." of paper with a pull of the lever .. "[15]
Various newspaper articles show that in the late 1930s, the term "ice cream" was used to refer to shakes made with ice cream.
1940s - 1950s
In the 1950s, Woolworth's lunch counters, diners, hamburgers, and soda fountains in drugstores were popular places to drink smoothies. These companies often prominently display the polished chrome or stainless steel smoothie mixer. [17]
These companies make Hamilton Beach shakes or similar drink mixers that have hermetic shafts and stirrers in the drinks for "fluffy results" and serve them with puffy lids in 12½-ounce long glasses. The Soda Fountain team has its own terminology, "Burn One All Way", "Twist It, Chocolate It, and Make It Cockle", "Shake One in Hay" (Strawberry Smoothie) and "Vaca Blanca" (Vanilla Smoothie). [18] In the 1950s, smoothie machine salesman Ray Croke purchased exclusive rights from Earl Prince, the inventor of the multimix mixer in the 1930s, and used automated smoothies to speed production at McDonald's restaurants. [19]
The shakes are popular in other parts of the world as well, including the UK and Australia. In Australia, shakes are very popular and shakes are usually lightly shaken and often made from aluminum or stainless steel cups. In addition to the more traditional flavors, spearmint and lime flavored smoothies are popular in Australia.
2000 - present
This shake is made with liquid nitrogen. You can still see the vapor formation at the top.
In 2006, the US Agricultural Research Service developed low-sugar and low-fat shakes for meal programs. The shakes contain half the sugar and only 10% of the fat in commercial fast food shakes. Schools need a smoothie machine or soft serve machine to serve smoothies. The shakes also contain fiber and other nutrients, and contain very little lactose, making the shakes suitable for some lactose intolerant people. [twenty]
Smoothie, malt and fleet sales increased 11% in 2006, according to industry research firm NPD Group. Christopher Müller, director of the Center for Multi-Unit Restaurant Management at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says that "shakes remind us of summer, youth and happiness," and "inspire the past." [21] Müller noted that shakes are a "very lucrative" item for restaurants because the drinks contain a lot of air. Market research firm Technomic reported that the median price in 2006 was $ 3.38 with a 75% profit per restaurant shake. 1950s diner restaurants USA Sonic Drive-in chain executive calls it "one of our highest volume revenue generating areas." [twenty-one]
The 2016 article states that chefs are testing innovative smoothie ideas to get consumers interested in drinks. [22] The article states that coffee-flavored shakes "complement sweet and savory recipes."
Use in protests
Main article: Milkshake
In May 2019, during the construction of the EU parliamentary elections in the UK, throwing shakes emerged as a protest tactic, usually aimed at moderate politicians. The movement originated with Tommy Robinson's "Milk Shaking," which was scrapped for the second time that same month. [23] [24]
UK police requested to refrain from selling Edinburgh McDonald's shakes during Nigel Farage's visit on 17 May. Have fun." [25] Burger King's tweet was subsequently banned by the UK Advertising Standards Authority because it "condoned prior antisocial behavior" and therefore promoted "irresponsible" statements. [26] Five guys threw a milkshake at him. [27] Carl Benjamin released a total of four shakes that week. [28]
In popular culture
Smoothies in the movies have been described as "short for sweetness and goodness." [30] Director Joseph L. In All About Eve, written by Monkieviz, Bette Davis's character is not happy to see a man who likes to chat with his young assistant, so Davis's character orders the alcoholic Martini to drink "then Eva's [young] assistant] shake, so that she can have a shake with a virgin woman." "[30] Similarly, Steve Bussemi's socially awkward and unattractive role in Ghost World is mocked by a teenage girl in "Virgin Vanilla Milkshake"; in Manhattan, by director Woody Allen, the director plays his 42-year-old character (who also plays the lead role) Milkshake draws attention to the difference in Age Among Teen Girlfriends: In the 1997 film Lolita, a teenage girl drinks a milkshake with her middle-aged man (her mother's new boyfriend). [30] Pulp Fiction features a retro restaurant scene from the 1950s. Here are two letters about the first date "Five Dollar Milk Discuss the ratings of" Aushek "(" Martin and Louis "for vanilla," Masters in Andy "for chocolate).
Characters in Archie's comics are often depicted drinking smoothies. The Riverdale television series, inspired by the comics, depicts characters from the local 1950s-inspired diner pops chocolate shop; To promote the show, the cast shared a shake on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. [31]
One of the main characters in the American animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known by various alternate titles) is Master Shake, a life-size humanoid shake.
The term "duck shake" refers to the social media trend where "the internet is rushing to receive something or someone beautiful, valuable, funny, or funny" (like a duck sucking on shakes), but then quickly drops when revealed which is somehow disgustingly complicated "; the article is known as the" useful abbreviation ", which means" [concept] favorite is problematic ". [32]
In Australia, in April 2021, the federal government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, released a video aimed at teaching high school students about sexual consent; It was about a young woman who drank a smoothie and voluntarily poured a drink on the face of her male partner of hers after he refused to drink. The "smoothie metaphor" was widely criticized by sexual harassment experts and later removed from government websites.
