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To: Radix

And my Grandparents from Lowell, MASS called a milkshake a frappe.


116 posted on 12/21/2004 10:47:48 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
And my Grandparents from Lowell, MASS called a milkshake a frappe.

I'm in Boston, and here they're two different things: a milkshake is just milk and syrup frothed in a blender; a frappe has ice cream blended in. As opposed to a "soda," which here is syrup and carbonated water with a scoop of ice cream added!

202 posted on 12/21/2004 11:30:08 AM PST by maryz
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"....my Grandparents from Lowell, MASS called a milkshake a frappe."

That reminds me of a funny story. I was in New York once, and I ordered a Frappe. The person at the counter asked me "what do you want on it?" I gave a quizzical look, and said you know, vanilla syrup and ice cream.

What I ended up with was just plain strange, it was sickly sweet and I had to throw it away. Indeed a Frappe around here is a rich milk shake. A milk shake is a frappe but more of an economy version.

204 posted on 12/21/2004 11:32:00 AM PST by Radix (How does one get cleared for awful facts about Moderators #43?)
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