Remember when a milkshake was not a $12 dessert topped with half a bakery? Back when it came in a tall frosty glass, maybe with the metal mixing tin on the side because there was simply too much to fit in one cup.
Oklahoma still has those places, roadside relics where the milkshake machine is older than your parents and the recipe has not changed a single scoop since the Eisenhower administration.
Thick enough to challenge your straw, cold enough to freeze your brain, and sweet enough to make you believe in small joys again…