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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I've got this tickling memory that it wasn't so much the milkshake (or malted milkshake which I prefer,) but the name of it that was weird... but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was! I'm a 'Foodie' and so sample regional cuisine where ever we go. It's an important part of my travels.
Stitchawl
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I'll be darned, Stitchawl is 4 for 5. In Rhode Island they call their milkshakes "Cabinets" and coffee flavored cabinets have long been the go to flavor. Back in the 1880s to 1900s the milkshake in the U.S. was quite a bit different than it is today. It was primarily milk with flavoring that was shaken together with ice. When milkshakes made with ice cream started to become popular in the U.S. the new formula replaced the old formula because the old formula had fallen out of vogue. However, in RI the old formula was still quite popular, so they started calling the new milkshakes "cabinets", because they had to get the ice cream out of the ice cream cabinet (a cold well built into soda fountains).