Date:  Tue, 21 Mar 1995 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: The Elusive New England Thick Shake



ok, i wasn't going to get into this one but...



when i moved to western mass (amherst), it was explained to me that a

milkshake didn't have ice cream and a frappe did. now, the

informants were from eastern mass., but they were backed up by the

menu at a restaurant i frequented in hadley. (who knows where the

menu writer was from.)



i loved that menu because it translated for whomever doesn't know

what a frappe is in a sort of (what i think of as typical) new

england isolationist way:



Frappes (Cabinets)...............2.95



incidentally, if you want a good frappe, go to herrell's in

northampton. god, this string is making me homesick. if only i

could get someone to mail me a scoop of malted vanilla.



lynne



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