Milk shakes
@Professor2010 (20162)
India
October 2, 2010 1:10am CST
Friends, I love drinking milk, it is always pure cow milk, boiled and made thick. 
Sometimes it is made very thick like paste; we call that ‘Rabdi’, to this my wife does not add sugar, it tastes sweet as such
due to lactose in it, because of thick constituency. Today is a festival here, in which mother’s fast for the well being of their kids. Though it is for women only, I too fasted, but felt hungry soon, may be due to diabetics. So my daughter in law gave me milk shake 3 times, she added glucose, cashew nut paste, almond paste to this too for the calories I need.
Do you enjoy milk shakes or just plain milk?
Do you have any festival in which women fast for well being, happiness of their kids?
Professor
Sometimes it is made very thick like paste; we call that ‘Rabdi’, to this my wife does not add sugar, it tastes sweet as such due to lactose in it, because of thick constituency. Today is a festival here, in which mother’s fast for the well being of their kids. Though it is for women only, I too fasted, but felt hungry soon, may be due to diabetics. So my daughter in law gave me milk shake 3 times, she added glucose, cashew nut paste, almond paste to this too for the calories I need.
Do you enjoy milk shakes or just plain milk?
Do you have any festival in which women fast for well being, happiness of their kids?
Professor5 people like this
24 responses
@eshaan (6188)
• India
14 Oct 10
If i am not mistaken..its Harchhat(this is specially for sons) and another is Santansaptami(this is for both boys and girls)...yes I too fast for my kids on both these days...actually in the chaturmaas u will come across all the kind of festival and fasts in India...i sometimes make rabdi when too much of milk is left over in the house...but the sad part is both my kids don't love milk much...so its me and my hubby who have to use it 
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 Oct 10
I do prefer milkshakes over just a glass of milk and I think that is due in part to the fact that I drank so much milk when I was a young child. My favorite kind of milkshake is one with peanut butter in it as well. It is so good.
We don't have any festivals here that call for the mothers to fast for the well being and happiness of their children. However, being that I'm a cradle Catholic, we do fast on the Fridays in the 40 days following Easter in remembrance of the sacrifice of Jesus.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
4 Oct 10
I like an occasional milk shake however, ours are more like a drinkable thick ice cream....not anything like what your wife makes you. I do like plain milk as well, I had really taken a liking to it once I became pregnant with my first child.
No fasting here for the happiness of my kids. The only way I'd fast or skip a meal for the sake of my kids is if we were low on groceries but not as a festival.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
3 Oct 10
dear professor,
it is usually fruit shakes for me, but always laced with milk and cream. there is no such festival as fasting for the well being of kids. but we do have here periodically some medical missions for women and children and powdered milk are distributed to them after the check up.
mothers wants the well being and happiness of kids. they just have to be there always to guide. i think the children will appreciate that more because many mothers nowadays are always away at work and there is less bonding with the kids.
have a nice day.
ann
mothers wants the well being and happiness of kids. they just have to be there always to guide. i think the children will appreciate that more because many mothers nowadays are always away at work and there is less bonding with the kids.
have a nice day.
ann
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
3 Oct 10
I love milk shakes of any flavor! There is one fast food place that sells an egg-nog milk shake near Christmas. I look forward to it every year. I know that they are fattening but I went for speech therapy and the therapist suggested that I drink thick milk shakes. I was having trouble swallowing and she said sucking a really thick milkshake through a straw would help. I was really happy about being told that I needed more milkshakes.
@wollivierre (687)
• United States
4 Oct 10
I love milk shacks they make me happy, i know i was fat once so i still have that party of me that loves sugar and anything cold makes it better. i eat tons of cold things and most of them are sweet
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Oct 10
hi professor I love chocolate and strawberry milk shakes with strawberry ice cream but cannot handle them if they are too sweet so use sugar free ice cream instead. really so good.oh cashew nut paste and almond paste that would be delicious wow.and nuts like that are even good for diabetics too.I only use one percent milk because I have to cut back'on the fat c ontent.We do not have any festival in whihc women fast for well b eing but this is something we cou ld all do at times any way.
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
3 Oct 10
Hi Professor in the first place you should not fast if you are a diabetic[ when it comes to fasting] I only fast on good fridays[ family tradition]I my self do not believe in fasting unless Im sick or something. I Am just curious why do women fast for the wellbeing of their children?...why women? when they need all they have to put up with a husband and children and every day life? I do not question your tradition far from it...but it's that fair?
@BlueGoblin (1829)
• United States
2 Oct 10
I looked this 'Rabdi' thing up. I think Rabdi is different from the American style milkshake. The American style milkshake is combination of ice cream and milk. Usually people add tons of unhealthy ingredients to the mix like chocolate syrup, cookie crumbs, candy bars, nuts, whipped cream, etc.. Americans eat an unhealthy diet. We eat like children 24/7. lol
@ronharold (555)
• Philippines
3 Oct 10
We never had that kind of festival. But as for milk, I like milk shakes. Also I like milk. I work in a milk manufacturing plant. 
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 10
Hi,
I don't drink milk,so milkshake is not the drink for me.
I forced myself to drink milk during my pregnancy,for the
good sake of my baby, I got chocolate flavour milk and I have to
drink it every morning. No choice, have to drink also
although I don't like the milk taste and I drink for 9 months.
Afterwards, no more milk for me, I just don't like the taste of the
milk..feel like vomitting out.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
3 Oct 10
Hi Prof,
Thanks for sharing this information here. This is the first time that i heasrd about mom fasting for the well-being of their babies. that's a sacrifice worth doing for babies. i love milkshakes too. this made me crave for some. have a great sunday!
@AjaySinghBaghel (5506)
• India
2 Oct 10
I love drinking but without flavor. My day starts with a glass of milk and ends with the same drink. Sometime I like to drink mango shake but that is only in mango season.
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
2 Oct 10
i will always enjoy milkshakes of various fruits. Especially, made of Mangoes, chikkoo, banana and papaya. All my family members love to taste it
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
2 Oct 10
When i was in high school, one of our beverage options was a milkshake. they were quite the popular item. I can still remember these milkshakes. They were so thick and choclate. They were such a treat for any lunch time. @edwardjoy2000 (2387)
• United Arab Emirates
2 Oct 10
I do love milk shakes. Recently i have been addicted to Strawberry milk shake.I drink it almost everyday.
When it comes to fasting we christians only fast during the time of lent irrelevant of male or female. But sometimes women do fast to fulfill their promises or their petitions with GOD. Its the faith that matters and nothing else.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
2 Oct 10
For diabeties thick milk is also prohibited.Very diluted milk is recommended for diabetes.Milk shake if full of caleories which is also is also in the prohibited category.No doubt milk shake is tasty.I do not like milk shake.I like only pure milk....
