mmmmmmmm give me some tall, sweaty white milkshakes and I'll be happy all week long!
I love a real milk shake.  It's too bad so many fast food places use automatic milk shake machines and don't do it by hand.
what's the benefit of mixing a milkshake by hand?
Milkshake
A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage that is usually made from milk, ice cream, and/or ice milk, and sometimes flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup.
Many more precise and rigid definitions are used, subject to region. Outside of the United States, a milkshake that uses ice cream or ice milk is sometimes called a thick milkshake or thick shake; in New England, the term frappe may be used to differentiate it from thinner forms of flavored
and milk in a blender or drink mixer using a stainless steel cup. Many fast food outlets do not make shakes by hand with ice cream; instead, they make shakes in automatic milkshake machines which freeze and serve a pre-made milkshake mixture consisting of milk, a sweetened flavoring agent, and a thickening agent. However, some fast food outlets still follow the traditional method, and some serve milkshakes which are prepared by blending soft-serve ice cream (or ice milk) with flavoring or syrups. Milkshakes can also