If one follows conventions, today is a day to dress in green, drink green beer... or drink green milkshakes.
I remember the good old Shamrock shake at McDonald's. I was always happy to get one, but I never liked how they tasted.
To look at it, it looked like something Green Ghost would make. However, that taste was something else. I think it was just like plain vanilla. What a rip off. I don't know what a green milkshake is supposed to taste like, but it can't just be plain vanilla.
Well, they're back again this year. Should I risk it and get one? Rumor has it the taste may have changed since the original.
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Alas, the shamrock shake is actually vanilla, I am afraid, and not very good vanilla at that. I grew up in a small town that had a family-owned confectionery that served this old-fashioned drink called a green river. A lot of people liked to get that on St. Patrick's Day. I thought it was kind of gross actually. In fact, if I think about it, there aren't too many green food items that I don't find to be gross. So did you take a gamble on the shake or play it safe?
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ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm glad I didn't waste my money on one.
Green food is okay. Green beverages just aren't Earthly.
I thought at first you said "earthy" and I thought to myself, "Oh, no...don't tell me that this reasonably intelligent ape is into the whole global warming thing- all over a milkshake!" Whew! Dodged a bullet with that one. Good luck on your bracket picks. Stay away from Illinois if the Big Ten final is any indication of where that could be headed.
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ReplyDeleteRumor has it Illinois ate a mass of green food and drink prior to the game against Purdue. I stay away from Illinois like the plague.