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55 minutes ago, Blackduck59 said:

 

Thanks Mic, the reason I used the term milkshake is because that is what my boss at the time called it. Perhaps he thought it better to not mention the yogurt. In any case it was delish, isn't it interesting how some meals or food related events can be so memorable?

Then they changed the name from Milkshake to Smoothy. Although Smoothies are a bit thicker and have fruit in them, correct?  

[Blackduck59]

10 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Then they changed the name from Milkshake to Smoothy. Although Smoothies are a bit thicker and have fruit in them, correct?  

 

Smoothies are more like a lassi with fruit and yogurt. Milkshakes are still ice cream and milk with whatever flavour you choose to add, they are a great way to use over ripe bananas.

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Just now, Blackduck59 said:

 

Smoothies are more like a lassi with fruit and yogurt. Milkshakes are still ice cream and milk with whatever flavour you choose to add, they are a great way to use over ripe bananas.

Then McDonalds invented the 'Thickshake.' 

[Blackduck59]

59 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Then McDonalds invented the 'Thickshake.' 

 

Back in the day there was some legal reason here that they couldn't use the word "Milk" for that product so they were just "shakes". I don't even know if they are on the menu here anymore, superseded by the frappe and smoothie.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

Then McDonalds invented the 'Thickshake.' 

The thick shake has been around forever. We used to make them in “the early day’s “ for the the milk bar cowboys , the bodgies  and the widgies ,

(younger readers may have to look those words up ) 😄😄

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23 hours ago, Russell21 said:

We us our "good stuff" every day, not just for guests. I found out why one day when I overheard my wife, a widow when we met, explaining why to a friend. She simply said that she had learned the hard way that every night with her husband was special.

What a sad way to learn.  You are lucky to be the beneficiary 

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25 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

The thick shake has been around forever. We used to make them in “the early day’s “ for the the milk bar cowboys , the bodgies  and the widgies ,

(younger readers may have to look those words up ) 😄😄

I used to always buy malted milks, which are still my favourite.  There is an old fashioned milk bar in Grafton where they sell malted milks in the correct metal ? containers.  Don't go past Grafton without taking a detour and having a malted milk.  

[Russell21]

52 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

I used to always buy malted milks, which are still my favourite.  There is an old fashioned milk bar in Grafton where they sell malted milks in the correct metal ? containers.  Don't go past Grafton without taking a detour and having a malted milk.  

That Shell truck stop at South Grafton at the turnoff from the highway does a mean breakfast. On our trips North we used to make Coffs the first night stopover, and breakfast at that Stop. Sausage and eggs was 7 of those long thin sausages, and my wife reckons that the Bacon and eggs was at least half a Kg of Bacon. Piled on top of all this was a bucket load of chips, several fried tomatoes, and a couple of fried eggs. 3 thick buttered toast on the side.

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5 minutes ago, Russell21 said:

That Shell truck stop at South Grafton at the turnoff from the highway does a mean breakfast. On our trips North we used to make Coffs the first night stopover, and breakfast at that Stop. Sausage and eggs was 7 of those long thin sausages, and my wife reckons that the Bacon and eggs was at least half a Kg of Bacon. Piled on top of all this was a bucket load of chips, several fried tomatoes, and a couple of fried eggs. 3 thick buttered toast on the side.

Wow well worth the stop.  It is amazing how places with good food dictate stopovers on travels.

Working at Cunnamulla once, the mixed grill at the pub had to be seen to be believed - steak, chop, sausages, bacon, tomato, chips and toast, overflowing on the big dinner plate.

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5 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Wow well worth the stop.  It is amazing how places with good food dictate stopovers on travels.

Working at Cunnamulla once, the mixed grill at the pub had to be seen to be believed - steak, chop, sausages, bacon, tomato, chips and toast, overflowing on the big dinner plate.Now your talking, truck stop mixed grill, had plenty of them in the old days doing the wide load escorts..

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1 hour ago, MMDown Under said:

I used to always buy malted milks, which are still my favourite.  There is an old fashioned milk bar in Grafton where they sell malted milks in the correct metal ? containers.  Don't go past Grafton without taking a detour and having a malted milk.  

Remember the Oak at Hexham.

[lyndarra]

1 hour ago, Blackduck59 said:

 

Back in the day there was some legal reason here that they couldn't use the word "Milk" for that product so they were just "shakes". I don't even know if they are on the menu here anymore, superseded by the frappe and smoothie.

Possibly because there was no milk in their shakes? Some kind of dairy bi-product. I saw a docco about Maccas not too long ago. Originally they had milkshakes but I think it was after Ray Crock bought out the McDonald brothers, he came up with a cheaper way to produce shakes that were a factory produced formula and didn't require expensive refrigeration for shipping, IIRC.

Love a mango lassi. BTW, the best milkshakes I've ever had have been in NZ.

[lyndarra]

Just now, NSWP said:

Remember the Oak at Hexham.

And at Mt White. Great shakes at both.

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18 minutes ago, Russell21 said:

That Shell truck stop at South Grafton at the turnoff from the highway does a mean breakfast. On our trips North we used to make Coffs the first night stopover, and breakfast at that Stop. Sausage and eggs was 7 of those long thin sausages, and my wife reckons that the Bacon and eggs was at least half a Kg of Bacon. Piled on top of all this was a bucket load of chips, several fried tomatoes, and a couple of fried eggs. 3 thick buttered toast on the side.

Like this

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1 hour ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

The thick shake has been around forever. We used to make them in “the early day’s “ for the the milk bar cowboys , the bodgies  and the widgies ,

(younger readers may have to look those words up ) 😄😄

In NZ? You mob still call the corner shop The Dairy?

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Biggest mixed grill I ever had was at ye olde Central Cafe in the main street of Queanbeyan, Mic would know of it, huuuge feed. Legendary.

[Russell21]

4 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Remember the Oak at Hexham.

Another one at Freemans Waterhole just a couple of Km up the southern Kurri/Cessnock road from the highway turnoff. In latter years we of the Ulysses club used to meet there for some of our runs.

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2 hours ago, Blackduck59 said:

 

Back in the day there was some legal reason here that they couldn't use the word "Milk" for that product so they were just "shakes". I don't even know if they are on the menu here anymore, superseded by the frappe and smoothie.

Timmy Hortons would have them Lyle.

[OzKiwiJJ]

16 minutes ago, NSWP said:

In NZ? You mob still call the corner shop The Dairy?

I think some of them are still called that. I believe the name originally came about as they were the only shops allowed to sell milk products, before the days of big supermarkets. Milk was delivered to your door every morning but if you got it wrong you could pop down to the Dairy to get more. They also sold ice cream, mostly just in cones. Fancy ice creams came later.

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6 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I think some of them are still called that. I believe the name originally came about as they were the only shops allowed to sell milk products, before the days of big supermarkets. Milk was delivered to your door every morning but if you got it wrong you could pop down to the Dairy to get more. They also sold ice cream, mostly just in cones. Fancy ice creams came later.

I remember the Dairy as back in 1997 we did a 14 day coach tour of NZ with Gutherys. My wife had a headache, so the nice driver said..i will stop at the dairy for some aspros, the dairy ! they sell milk, no it was the cornershop.

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6 minutes ago, NSWP said:

I remember the Dairy as back in 1997 we did a 14 day coach tour of NZ with Gutherys. My wife had a headache, so the nice driver said..i will stop at the dairy for some aspros, the dairy ! they sell milk, no it was the cornershop.

They've grown since I was a kid, at least the ones that survived. They have a much bigger range of products these days. 

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2 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

They've grown since I was a kid, at least the ones that survived. They have a much bigger range of products these days. 

Now they are probably 711.

[possum52]

3 hours ago, NSWP said:

Then McDonalds invented the 'Thickshake.' 

No, thickshakes were around a long time before Maccas' version Les. We had them as kids. The best milkshakes and thickshakes we've found are at the cafe at the Warrnambool Cheese factory, just out of Warrnambool at Allansford. They also stock some great cheese. The milkshakes and thickshakes are served in the old fashioned metal containers if drinking there or in takeaway containers if not having in.

 

Leigh

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

In NZ? You mob still call the corner shop The Dairy?

Yes.  We have a lot of visiting Kiwis on the Coast, with newcomers looking for the dairy.

[OzKiwiJJ]

I used to like milkshakes but never really liked thickshakes for some odd reason. These days I couldn't handle that much milk. One regular latte worth is enough for me.