Binging with Babish: $5 Shake from Pulp Fiction

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This week, Babish takes a turn for the sweet and opulent as we explore the possibilities of a $5 milkshake. Or rather, the lack thereof: there aren't many ways to inflate the price of a plain vanilla shake, outside of simply being served in an overpriced theme restaurant in LA. So let's see just how expensive we can make this sucker!

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[genbu_no_miko24]

I'm surprised they never capitalized on the in-universe brands like kahuna burgers, the milkshake and the red-apple cigarettes.

[scriptedending]

I'd rather have ice cream, but a good milkshake is delicious. I'd never ever go plain vanilla, though.

[nutmegdealer]

i fucking subscribe to milkshakes. there's a burger place here that makes a marshmallow brulée milkshake and it's so amazing. choc/vanilla swirl with marshmallow fluff and a torched marshmallow on top.

[scriptedending]

that sounds good!

[koushiba]

That sounds amazing

[hannahstarr]

I love milkshakes, unfortunately my digestive system does not. But I would never go for milkshakes and get just a plan vanilla one.

[pinkkchocolate]

is a $5 milkshake supposed to be... expensive?

i like milkshakes enough but i wouldn't go to a place especially for milkshakes the way i do for ice cream. i mostly get them at diners. my favorite is a banana malt from fred 62. i think it's maybe 8? $13 if it's vegan

[marywebgirl]

Yeah I feel like a $5 isn’t shocking anymore.

[tippani]

In the "old days" like the diner Mia and Vince visited in the movie, a milkshake would be less than $1 so a $5 milkshake would be expensive for that time.

[pinkkchocolate]

Makes sense. I used the inflation calculator to see how much $5 would be now (google says the movie was set roughly around 1982) and today that would be $13. Which is pricey, but acceptable.

( I don’t watch this show but as a producer, I wish they did this research too bc then it would make more sense)