Imagine you are at a sit-down restaurant and your friend comes to meet you there. Your friend sits, the waiter (or waitress) promptly comes to your table and asks you what you would like to drink. Your friend quickly replies that they would like a shake. The server looks puzzled. You then ask the server what the list of beverages are to choose from. The server runs through a list of coke or pepsi products and possibly some lemonades. Does the server mention shakes on the list of beverages? NO.
Why? BECAUSE SHAKES ARE NOT BEVERAGES. You would never go to a restaurant and order a shake as a drink.
"What about fast food?" you think.
I will admit, after doing research on the matter, I have found that shakes are listed under the beverage section at fast food restaurants such as Carl's Junior and Arby's. BUT, they also list them under desserts AND if you ordered a combo meal (which comes with a main dish like a hamburger and a side dish like fries and a beverage) they do not offer the choice of a shake as your beverage. You would have to order that separately (just like you would have to order a dessert item separately).
Conclusion: Eat ice cream for dessert.
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Are you kidding....I would so drink the shake for my beverage and then order ice cream for dessert!
Ok....I do have a correction to make...I would drink the shake and have ice cream for dessert and maybe even for the main dish...but I would have to have a glass of water for my thirst quenching "beverage" to go along with it. Go water!! After all I suppose a shake isn't really a beverage just a really good addition to any meal. :)
I agree. Shakes are not a beverage. Beverages are to have a liquid consistency. There is nothing truly liquid about shakes. However, slim fast is considered a shake. Is a slim fast not a beverage? You need to specify...What really IS a shake?
You have no idea the controversy this topic has sparked. I asked a bunch of girls in my class today and they were inconclusive and therefore, unhelpful.
I'll continue my research.
Ice cream aside...Wendy you remind me of a pangolin!!
(in response to "moose eyed eagle pride") That is the BEST thing anyone has EVER said to me!!!
1. you have some good points.
2. this is my list of points to counter some of yours.
3. as of the matter pertaining to shakes not being included in a combo meal, there are numerous reasons for this, some of which will be addressed in the following: shakes are made of a high-fructose or glucose corn syrup based flavoring of your choice and a condensed milk which is more expensiv e in nature when compared to a soft drink or a lemonade, this being the reason for its being left off from the list of beverage choices included in a combo meal, however, a number of restaurants will let the customer pay the difference in the two BEVERAGES in order to make a beverage happy satisfied customer that can have their shake and eat it too. This also gets rid of any resentment the shake would have toward the rest of the combo meal for not feeling like "part of the group."
4. An important staple of middle class suburban life has been neglected here in the mentioning of shakes or rather partially frozen beverages...the smoothie. the usually fruity, always satisfying South American treat that has worked its way into Americans' hearts.
4.Thats what she said.
Its all in the preparation of said beverage.
Equation:
liquid + liquid = beverage
liquid + solid = shake
shake (does not)= beverage
Simple math my friends. Simple math.
Good one lynds. Let's keep this simple, mathmatical and unbiased....none of this mushy "America's hearts" nonsense.
I agree with Lynds. I think it has more to do with the composition of said beverage than we think. Consistency is a factor people. Think about it. We don't need to get our emotions involved and become sentimental (i.e., "Americans' hearts"), it will only cloud our judgment.
p.s. i myself am puzzled and bamboozled at the waiter/waitress being puzzled at somebody ordering a shake when asked what they want to drink....do you not use a straw to DRINK a shake? not to mention the terminology used when consuming a shake.... you do not EAT a shake, you do DRINK a shake, just as any other beverage.
example:
Zach: Wanna go to the Maxx?
Kelly: sure!
Later on...
Waitress: What do you wanna drink?
Kelly: I'll have a shake.
Zach: yeah, i think i'm gonna drink one too.
Now I understand you can use the word eat in this context but drink is more acceptable and much more clear.
Not to mention I have ordered a shake numerous times as my drink when asked what I would like.
plus, there is such a phrase as a "frozen beverage."
but if we want to settle this once and for all, we must turn to the dictionary:
milk shake
NOUN: 1. A beverage made of milk, flavoring, and ice cream, shaken or whipped until foamy. Also called shake, Regional frappe, Regional velvet. 2. New England A beverage made of milk and flavored syrup, whipped until foamy. also called regionally Regional cabinet.
and heres the link: http://www.bartleby.com/61/66/M0296600.html
I must say, it has been a rare experience when I have had a milkshake that I could actually suck through a straw. Anyone who knows me is hugely aware that my delicate palate (not to mention hips!) has had many shakes in my day. I always require a spoon. Let's be sensible, Spoon= not a beverage.
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