End of ADS-L Digest - 20 Mar 1995 to 21 Mar 1995

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There are 11 messages totalling 255 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. T.E.N.E.T.S.

 2. Creme Soda

 3. 'see' or 'say' (3)

 4. DARE queries--maple seeds

 5. Rabbit = Rodent? (3)

 6. Words for 1995! (2)



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Date:  Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:10:58 -0500

From:  Leo Horishny <Leo_Horishny[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]POL.COM>

Subject: T.E.N.E.T.S.



> In Eastern Mass a frappe is not runny; a milkshake is. In Western Mass, a

> milkshake is thick like a frappe.

>

To this comment, Yvette wrote:



>>I've lived in New England for about twenty-four years and have yet to have a

>>THICK shake anywhere in the area. I originally come from Ohio where a thick

>>shake meant that you sucked and sucked on a straw trying to get the stuff up

>>it. When confronted with my first frappe (they told me it was a thick shake)

>>I was appalled at how runny it was. Sending it back I gave them directions

>>and told them to put in three scoops of ice cream (some malt, since I wanted

>>it malted), a drop or two of milk and then put it on the multimixer briefly.

>>I was told they did as instructed but it still came back runny, though a

>>little thicker. I told them, "This isn't thick." Thwy wore it was thickest

>>they'd ever made and were surprised I would complain.



MUCH STUFF CUT. But then...



>> and you have to be turning red with the effort with

>>a big vein sticking out your neck and even sometimes running up the side of

>>your head trying to depressurize the straw enough to bring the contents up

>>it. That is a thick shake. So, to date, my efforts for a thick shake in New

>>England have been disappointing (and Yes, I've been to the Holy Cow in

>>Gloucester, MA, and it wasn't thick enough).--Yvette





So, Yvette, tell us how you REALLY feel about milkshakes in New England.





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