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We took your question straight to the Epicurious Food Dictionary, a site we've bookmarked since we consult it often. We typed "malt" into the search box and turned up the following definition: A soda-fountain drink, also called malted, that is a thick, rich mixture of malted-milk powder, milk, ice cream, and a flavoring such as chocolate or vanilla. See also MILK SHAKE. We clicked and learned that a milk shake is a North American innovation -- a blended combination of milk, ice cream, and flavored syrup, or fruit. Then we found Sodafountain.com and discovered a whole world of soda fountain history,
including the entertaining Soda Fountain Lingo page* where we discovered that Burn One All the Way was soda jerk jargon for a chocolate malted with chocolate ice cream; Twist It, Choke It, and Make It Cackle was a chocolate malted with an egg; Shake One in the Hay would get you a strawberry shake; and a White Cow would get you vanilla. Udderly a-moo-sing ...
*Sorry, that page is no longer available.
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