Milk Smoothies (1947) ★★

12:00 AM 1940s , 2 stars , 20th century , atomic age , beverages , breakfast , frozen dessert , fruit , united states 2 Comments

Did you know that Waring introduced the first blender in North America?

Original Recipe:

The Verdict:
I decided to just try three of the smoothies, because the others seem pretty obvious taste-wise, considering the small number of ingredients.

Pineapple Mint: This combination looked really weird and it tasted really weird. But not bad. The shake was really like frothy milk, and I much prefer my shakes to be icy and thick like soft serve ice cream. Also, the pineapple flavour could have been stronger. The flavour combination was actually kind of nice. To improve this, I would use more pineapple and freeze it beforehand, to make a thicker texture. Oh, and I didn't put in marshmallows, but I like sweet shakes, so I think they would have been yummy!

Marshmallow Mint: Marshmallows in a smoothie! But gross, so very gross. Because of the ice it was like watery, vaguely minty, sweet milk. Ew. If there was no ice it might have been like frothy minty milk, which I guess is okay. I think the best thing to do with this would have been to put in a bunch of ice cream, to make a marshmallow mint milkshake, rather than a smoothie.

Chocolate Mint: Annnnd, my blender broke. Sorry folks, haha. I'd wager it would have been like liquidy chocolate mint milk though. Probably would be a lot better with chocolate ice cream instead of ice.

Overall, I would recommend adjusting the amounts for the ice/milk/fruit, because these recipes really just make up liquidy flavoured milk. I have transcribed the original recipes below, so just be aware and don't follow it as written.

Modernized Recipe:
(Adapted from 340 Recipes for the new Waring Blender)

Apricot
1 cup MILK
1 cup CANNED APRICOTS
or
1/2 cup DRIED APRICOTS, soaked
3 tablespoons SUGAR
2 tablespoons SHERRY

Chocolate Mint
1 cup MILK
3/4 cup BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE SYRUP
4 drops PEPPERMINT EXTRACT

Banana
1 cup MILK
1 medium RIPE BANANA

Marshmallow Mint
1 cup MILK
4 MARSHMALLOWS
4 drops PEPPERMINT EXTRACT

Peach
1 cup MILK
1 cup PEACHES, sliced
or
1/2 cup FROZEN PEACHES, diced
2 tablespoons SHERRY

Plum
1 cup MILK
1 cup RED PLUMS, pitted
1/4 cup SHERRY or PORT
A dash of ANGOSTURA BITTERS

Pineapple Mint
1 cup MILK
1 cup PINEAPPLE, diced or crushed
2 drops PEPPERMINT EXTRACT

Pineapple
1 cup MILK
1 cup PINEAPPLE, diced or crushed

Peanut
1 cup MILK
1/4 cup PEANUT BUTTER
or
1/2 cup PEANUTS, roasted and hulled

Prune
1 cup MILK
1/2 cup PRUNES, pitted and soaked
1 tablespoon MOLASSES

Strawberry
1 cup MILK
1 pint STRAWBERRIES
4 tablespoons SUGAR
or
1 cup STRAWBERRIES, frozen

Melon
1 cup MILK
1 cup HONEYDEW or CANTALOUPE, diced

1. Place all ingredients in the blender, starting with the milk. Add one cup of ice.
2. Blend until combined, up to 2 minutes.
3. If desired, add 1 cup of ice cream or 2 marshmallows.