Beer milkshakes

My book club finally met to discuss Cannery Row this weekend. Discussing it only reminded me of excellent descriptive passages I had forgotten. Last month, one of our members decided to be inspired by the following passage:

While he ate his sandwich and sipped his beer, a bit of conversation came back to him. Blaisedell, the poet, had said to him, "You love beer so much, I'll bet some day you'll go in and order a beer milk shake." It was a simple piece of foolery but it had bothered Doc ever since. He wondered what a beer milk shake would taste like. The idea gagged him but he couldn't let it alone. It cropped up every time he had a glass of beer. Would it curdle the milk? Would you add sugar? It was like a shrimp ice cream. Once the thing got into your head you couldn't forget it. He finished his sandwich and paid Herman. He purposely didn't look at the milk shake machines lined up so shiny against the back wall. If a man ordered a beer milk shake, he thought, he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known. But then, a man with a beard, ordering a beer milk shake in a town where he wasn't known - they might call the police.

We made beer floats with Guinness, ice cream and espresso vodka. They were so much better than the lager-based beer milkshakes I imagined when I read the above passage the first time. Be inspired, read the book and cook up some silly, but tasty, drinks.

Comments

[Mar]

Um, it's 9am and I want one of those right now. Yuuummmm!

[Julie]

Woooo! Photo of me!!! It's so easy to thrill a narcissist. Also, shout-out to the CMH Gourmand who inspired the combination of Guinness, espresso vodka, and ice cream.

[Claire Helene]

Haha! I never know if people are going to be pleased or annoyed that they are on my blog without expressed permission. Whew. Thanks for telling me your source - I couldn't remember. I had seen something similar on Apartment Therapy's The Kitchen, but this was all your grand plan!