There Will Be Milkshakes
"I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"
If you've seen Paul Thomas Anderson's new American epic, There Will Be Blood (loosely based on Upton Sinclair's Oil!) you've no doubt left the theater with this brilliant line, delivered maniacally by Daniel Day Lewis as oil baron Daniel Plainview, still ringing in your ears. On the pop-culture front it's promising to enter the lexicon along with "I see dead people," "Say hello to my little friend!" and "It's not personal, it's business." This week New York Magazine's Vulture blog made a plea to save this most excellent (and very bizarre) line from becoming a SportsCenter catchphrase. If anything, we hope the line will inspire more milkshake consumption. Keep in mind that July is National Ice Cream Month. In a cinematic milkshake mash-up, we'd like to bring together the best of both worlds--National Vanilla Milkshake Day (June 21) and National Chocolate Milkshake Day (September 12)--for a serve-anytime-of-year confection that would be just perfect for a movie-inspired menu item on this year's Oscar party circuit. --BTP
Malted Black-and-White Milkshake in the Style of Daniel Plainview
(Adapted from Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill)
- 1 pint good-quality vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
- 2 tablespoons of malt powder
- 3 ounces chocolate sauce
- 2-3 ounces bourbon
- Whipped cream (for garnish)
- Shaved bittersweet chocolate (for garnish)
- Cherry (for garnish)
Place ice cream, malt powder, chocolate sauce, and bourbon in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour shake into a tall glass. Garnish with a large dollop of whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and a cherry on top. Serve with an enormous straw.
rory on January 29, 2008 at 01:46 PM
do you know of a company that overnights milkshakes?
rory on January 29, 2008 at 01:47 PM
do you know of a company that overnights milkshakes?