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i like milkshakes, chocolate ones in particular. sadly, i can never remember if the ones at chili's are good or bad, or which friendlys gives you the mixer cup and which always forgets. so, hence, i have created this site as a repository for all milkshake-related knowledge, chocolate and otherwise, in the greater boston area.
also, this website is mainly a self-indulgent exercise in style sheets, forms, graphic design, and simple little perl scripts. however, i look forward to updating it with users' contributions. a good milkshake is hard to find, so when it is found, it should be documented. same for bad ones, except those are, sadly, sometimes easy to find.
share your own review by filling out this form. it will be posted in the most timely fashion possible (i have a day job, and a life, etc.). the functionality is pretty basic now, and probably won't get much more advanced, i.e. don't look forward to any interactive elements or anything. sorry. but i will maintain the site in good faith.
and i know a roy roger's in connecticut. yes, new england entries are acceptable.
then you must be a native new englander. congratulations. despire being born here and having lived here since i was 18, the better part of my formative years was spent in south florida, where milkshakes were the de rigeuer. up here, folks call them frappes. milkshakes are supposedly chocolate milk-like beverages that are pretty soupy and have little to do with ice cream. well, herrell's offers up the following definitions:
Frappe: In Boston and eastern Massachusetts, this is what the rest of the country calls a "milkshake," which is a drink traditionally made with ice cream, milk, and syrup, and beaten on a milkshake mixing machine.
Milkshake: 1. In most of the country, this is a drink traditionally made with ice cream, milk, and syrup, and beaten on a milkshake mixing machine (see also "frappe"). 2. In Boston and eastern Massachusetts, it is a drink made with milk and syrup (no ice cream), and beaten on a milkshake mixing machine. It is light and frothy, not creamy and thick like the drink described in definition #1.
Source: Herrell's Dictionary: Ice Cream from A to Z!
maybe i should have called it 'boston frappe shakedown', but, oh well. that answers that burning question. next?
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