Shake your booty!
Actually, I'm in a mood to bitch about shakes - milkshakes, that is...
When I go to a fast food joint, I want a burger, fries and a shake. Carl's Jr. is probably my overall fave burger joint. I love their "SuperStar with Cheese", an order of cris-cut fries, and their shake is one of the best in the fast food business - and by far the largest. Yea!
Well, it was...
A couple of years ago, they went to this so-called "hand-scooped" milkshake. Bottom line: Much more expensive, exact same taste, added whipped cream to the top (big whoop...), and available in exactly one size: TINY!
As a result, I stopped buying shakes at Carl's Jr - I drink Coca-Cola there now.
But now the contagion has spread.
The next promulgator of this nonsense: McDonald's. McDonald's never had a very large shake, and they were only "acceptable" for taste, but I frequently purchased them. Now they've joined Carl's Jr. - the shake is TINY, and has a whipped cream topping (again, big whoop).
This only leaves Burger King among the fast food joints that I frequent that still serves a decent sized, priced, and tasting milkshake. How long until they succumb to this creeping "Starbuck-itis"?
Now, for the not quite so fast food outfits, Denny's and similar restaurants provide a vastly better milkshake both tastewise and sizewise - but you don't always have the time to go to such places.
While I'm on this roll, why doesn't anyone serve malts anymore? Or soft serve ice cream?
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