Making good malts and shakes isn't rocket science, according to some foodservice operators. But making great ones comes close, insist veteran soda jerks.
Malts and shakes hark back to a soda-fountain culture that had its heyday in the '40s and '50s when ordering an "In the Hay" got you a strawberry milkshake and the guy known as a soda jerk commanded respect.
With the current interest in comfort food and diner cooking, these dairy-rich drinks are making an encore. But practitioners of the art claim skilled soda jerks are in dwindling supply.
"[Making a good shake or malt] takes physical stamina. Your hands get mighty cold, the mixer overheats and if you make enough of them your shoulder blades ache," says Bev Surrency, whose claim to fame is a personal record of making 600 malts in one day. Surrency and husband Ted own Yellowstone Drug Store in Shoshoni, Wyo.
In 1997, the 12-stool, 35-seat landmark sold 55,146 malts and shakes. "It's hard to find young people who want to do this kind of work," Surrency laments. With 59 flavors of ice cream and an average output of 300 drinks a day, she devised a production line to take orders, dip, mix and serve. "An experienced counter person can do a malt in 16 seconds," she adds.
Malts and shakes are first cousins, with malts building on milkshake's formula with the addition of malt powder, according to Malcolm Stogo, an icecream industry consultant. The formula for a shake is two scoops of ice cream, 8 ounces of cold milk and 2 ounces of syrup. Thickness depends on the amount of milk or ice cream, according to Stogo's Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts (John Wiley & Sons Inc., $59.95, 1998).Though recipes for both are basic ice cream, flavoring and milk, the difference between good and great depends on the quality of ingredients, the sequence in which they're packed and technique.
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Malt Licker
Malts need more attention, says Mike Bean, a manufacturer of malt powder in Colfax, Wis. "Malt powder attracts moisture and cakes unless it's stored in a tightly covered container. And in order to dissolve the granules and disperse flavor properly, malt powder needs a liquid medium."
Philadelphia's Nifty Fifty's malts earns awards because of the generous amount of malt powder. Each 24-ounce size is made with 2 ounces of powder. (Most operators use a heaping teaspoon for a 12-ounce drink.) Among their best sellers is banana-split shake, a blend of fresh bananas, syrups (strawberry and banana) and strawberry ice cream. Chocoholics go for the Black Forest malt enriched with chopped cherries. Malt as a flavoring dates to the 1800s. A combination of milk and malted barley is cooked, dried and ground into a mellow, slightly sweet flavored powder.
SOFT SELL
Ice milk and soft-serve ice cream, though less expensive than hard-pack ice cream, lack the rich mouthfeel that butterfat provides. Soft serve ranges from 3% to 10% butterfat and costs around 4 cents per serving. Premium ice cream with butterfat content from 12% up costs from 6 cents. Food costs for malts and shakes should be around 30%, according to Stogo. "A drink made with ice milk or fatreduced products will be very cold and granular on the tongue," he says. "A drink made with premium ice cream will be rich and smooth."
1. Mix ice cream, syrups, cherries, powder and milk in blender. Blend 30 to 45 seconds, depending on hardness of ice cream.
2. Check for smooth texture. Cherries should appear as specks. Drink is proper thickness when spoon stands straight in cup. Garnish with whipped cream.
3. Serve immediately.
Black Forest Malt
Yield: 1 24-oz. serving Chocolate ice cream 13 oz. Chocolate syrup 1 oz. Cherry syrup oz. Canned cherries, drained, chopped oz. Malt powder 2 oz. Whole milk 4 oz. Whipped cream 4 oz. That's why the sequence of adding ingredients to a mixer cup is important. Malt powder needs to be added between liquids or ice cream. If not, it clumps in the bottom or sides of the cup or sticks to the blade. Liquid malt, though less expensive and easier to store, can have a bitter edge, according to some operators.
Philadelphia's Nifty Fifty's malts earns awards because of the generous amount of malt powder. Each 24-ounce size is made with 2 ounces of powder. (Most operators use a heaping teaspoon for a 12-ounce drink.) Among their best sellers is banana-split shake, a blend of fresh bananas, syrups (strawberry and banana) and strawberry ice cream. Chocoholics go for the Black Forest malt enriched with chopped cherries. Malt as a flavoring dates to the 1800s. A combination of milk and malted barley is cooked, dried and ground into a mellow, slightly sweet flavored powder.
SOFT SELL
Ice milk and soft-serve ice cream, though less expensive than hard-pack ice cream, lack the rich mouthfeel that butterfat provides. Soft serve ranges from 3% to 10% butterfat and costs around 4 cents per serving. Premium ice cream with butterfat content from 12% up costs from 6 cents. Food costs for malts and shakes should be around 30%, according to Stogo. "A drink made with ice milk or fatreduced products will be very cold and granular on the tongue," he says. "A drink made with premium ice cream will be rich and smooth."
1. Mix ice cream, syrups, cherries, powder and milk in blender. Blend 30 to 45 seconds, depending on hardness of ice cream.
2. Check for smooth texture. Cherries should appear as specks. Drink is proper thickness when spoon stands straight in cup. Garnish with whipped cream.
3. Serve immediately.
Black Forest Malt
Yield: 1 24-oz. serving Chocolate ice cream 13 oz. Chocolate syrup 1 oz. Cherry syrup oz. Canned cherries, drained, chopped oz. Malt powder 2 oz. Whole milk 4 oz. Whipped cream 4 oz. That's why the sequence of adding ingredients to a mixer cup is important. Malt powder needs to be added between liquids or ice cream. If not, it clumps in the bottom or sides of the cup or sticks to the blade. Liquid malt, though less expensive and easier to store, can have a bitter edge, according to some operators.
LG Ice Cream Phone LU1600
It seems that the folks at LG love everything that tastes sweet and are pretty much hell bent on naming everything that they dish out with a sweet flavor or candy name or just plain chocolate.
If you are in Korea, then you could probably consider the 3G phone ‘LG-LU1600’, which is being dubbed as the “Ice Cream Phone 2” as a bit of a prelude to your Valentine Season or even the New Year candy that flows around. The new phone is being promoted as the successor to the original Ice Cream Phone that LG launched way back in April 2008.
The Ice Cream Phone 2 is a 15.5mm-thick clamshell design and is 3G enabled helping it stand a step above the first phone in the Ice Cream Series. There are cute and bright emoticons that further add to the ‘sweetness’ of the phone and support our assumption that this could be a great gift come Valentines Day in 2009. When you do receive a call, the front panel lights up with pastel tone colors and shines bright, giving it further charm. On the inside the LU1600 sports T-DMB, web surfing, electronic dictionary function along with its 3G capabilities and international roaming option.
The phone will be available in Korea for now at a price that could be anywhere between $297- $370. The LG Ice Cream 2 will be available in snow white, sky blue and peach pink flavors… So knock yourself out Korea!
If you are in Korea, then you could probably consider the 3G phone ‘LG-LU1600’, which is being dubbed as the “Ice Cream Phone 2” as a bit of a prelude to your Valentine Season or even the New Year candy that flows around. The new phone is being promoted as the successor to the original Ice Cream Phone that LG launched way back in April 2008.
The Ice Cream Phone 2 is a 15.5mm-thick clamshell design and is 3G enabled helping it stand a step above the first phone in the Ice Cream Series. There are cute and bright emoticons that further add to the ‘sweetness’ of the phone and support our assumption that this could be a great gift come Valentines Day in 2009. When you do receive a call, the front panel lights up with pastel tone colors and shines bright, giving it further charm. On the inside the LU1600 sports T-DMB, web surfing, electronic dictionary function along with its 3G capabilities and international roaming option.
The phone will be available in Korea for now at a price that could be anywhere between $297- $370. The LG Ice Cream 2 will be available in snow white, sky blue and peach pink flavors… So knock yourself out Korea!
Acetaminophen
All drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name.
Example, the trade name is Tylenol and it's generic name is Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.
The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra.
After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently
announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin.
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Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'.
Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.
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Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research.
This means that by 2020, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
If you don't send this to five old friends right away there will be five
fewer people laughing in the world.
Example, the trade name is Tylenol and it's generic name is Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.
The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra.
After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently
announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin.
****************************
Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'.
Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.
***********************************
Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research.
This means that by 2020, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.
If you don't send this to five old friends right away there will be five
fewer people laughing in the world.
Paraprosdokian Sentences
- Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR".
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR".
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Amazing Picture
This is quite amazing or frightening depending on your point of view.
Click on the link below and take it from there.
This is a photograph of the 2009 Obama Inauguration. You can see IN FOCUS the face of EACH individual in the crowd !!!
You can scan and zoom to any section of the crowd. .. . wait a few seconds. .. double click anywhere . and the focus adjusts to give you a very identifiable close up.
Repeat the double clicking and you can look at every face in the crowd in amazing detail!
You can scan and zoom to any section of the crowd. .. . wait a few seconds. .. double click anywhere . and the focus adjusts to give you a very identifiable close up.
Repeat the double clicking and you can look at every face in the crowd in amazing detail!
The picture was taken with a robotic 1474 megapixel camera (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera).
Everyone attending could be scanned after the event, should something have gone wrong during it.
Click on:
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
7% Percent
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written." My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it..
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you, really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone, everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Its estimated 93% won't forward this.
If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title 7%.
I'm in the 7%
Remember that I will always share my spoon with you!
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.
Contrary to the Internet-circulated version of Ms. Brett's list, she is not 90 years old. Regina Brett turned 50 years old in 2006, and on that occasion she updated her list of 45 life lessons with an additional 5 to grow on.
Thanks Snopes.com - Check Snopes.com first!
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it..
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you, really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone, everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Its estimated 93% won't forward this.
If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title 7%.
I'm in the 7%
Remember that I will always share my spoon with you!
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.
Contrary to the Internet-circulated version of Ms. Brett's list, she is not 90 years old. Regina Brett turned 50 years old in 2006, and on that occasion she updated her list of 45 life lessons with an additional 5 to grow on.
Thanks Snopes.com - Check Snopes.com first!
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