B1 – Intermediate
Freakshakes are epic super-sweet treats that are guaranteed to indulge your inner sweet tooth. Ingredients include sweetened whipped cream, chocolate bars, mini-doughnuts and even slices of cake, cookies… The list goes on! This maybe worrisome because it contains very high calories which can be dangerous to our health.
Read the article below to know more about this extremely sugary milkshakes.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1811/181115-freakshake-milkshSakes.html
Discussion Questions:
- What do you think of milkshakes? How about freakshakes? Would you like to try a freakshake?
- Should calorie information be on restaurant menus?
- Why do people “invent” things like freakshakes?
- What are some absurd food craze that have become popular in your country?
- What is the sweetest dessert you have ever tasted?
10 replies on “Freakshakes”
1. What do you think of milkshakes? How about freakshakes? Would you like to try a freakshake?
There are a lot of types of milkshakes. They could be from very healthy to very caloric and unhealthy. It will depend on the ingredients that they include. I like preparing homemade milkshakes at home using vegetable milks and frozen fruits.
Freakshakes seem too much to me. Probably they are very tasty and something to try some time. I do not really like too sweet food, but I would share it with someone.
2. Should calorie information be on restaurant menus?
I believe that calorie information should be available on the menus for the users that would like to know. Most important, I would really appreciate that the legislation obligate restaurants to list the ingredients and allergens of all the food they serve, for health and security purposes.
3. Why do people “invent” things like freakshakes?
They invent attractive an innovative food in order to be more competitive and earn money.
4. What are some absurd food craze that have become popular in your country?
I do not recall a super absurd food in my country. I remember that an all-you-can-eat restaurant used to serve Nutella pizza though. I think that any other dough with Nutella on top would be tastier and nicer, but the pizza was more surprising I guess.
5. What is the sweetest dessert you have ever tasted?
Probably the sweetest desert I have tried is a stuffed donut that had also different topping.
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1- What do you think of milkshakes? How about freakshakes? Would you like to try a freakshake?
I like the chocolate´s shakes but usually I don´t much take it. I wouldn´t try a freakshake because it have a lot of calories.
2- Should calorie information be on restaurant menus?
Of course, it would be veru fantastic. I think that people could read the calories´s of food the will not eat much foods.
3- Why do people “invent” things like freakshakes?
People or restaurant need be more specially that others and they want be more populary. For this reason invent news foods.
4- What are some absurd food craze that have become popular in your country?
When I was a child, the sweet shop sold a drink and it was the differents colours in a small bottle. I think that it wasn´t very heatlh.
5- What is the sweetest dessert you have ever tasted?
The sweetest dessert I have ever tasted is the white chocolat cake. That day I needed drink a one big bottle of water.
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What do you think of milkshakes? How about freakshakes? Would you like to try a freakshake?
I’m not a fan of shakes in general as I’m lactose intolerant and even taking lactase pills I can’t tolerate them
Should calorie information be on restaurant menus?
In the case of hypercaloric dishes or shakes, this information should be shown as it is something unusual. In normal dishes I do not think calories should be mentioned as they are bad for people with eating disorders
Why do people “invent” things like freakshakes?
I think it’s because they want to show something new and attract people’s attention to sell something expensive
What are some absurd food craze that have become popular in your country?
The strangest thing and that right now is quite popular are the waffles in the shape of male or female genitals.
What is the sweetest dessert you have ever tasted?
The sweetest dessert I’ve ever tried is “dulce de leche” coulant with milk ice cream.
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1.- What do you think of milkshakes? How about freakshakes? Would you like to try a freakshake?
I think that you can have a milkshakes from time to time but in breakfast not after lunch or dinner
2.-Should calorie information be on restaurant menus?
My feeling is that we should have all the info. The more info you get the more healthy behaviour you will have
3.-Why do people “invent” things like freakshakes?
We eat sometimes with our mind and these kind of food are very inviting
4.- What are some absurd food craze that have become popular in your country?
I think there is not any absurd food very popular but I have seen some absurd food as sandwich of nutella and sausage
4.-What is the sweetest dessert you have ever tasted?
For me the sweetest thing I have never tested is a Argentien dessert called “dulce de leche” , the translation is milk sweet, very tasty but too much sweet
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1. I think the milkshakes are bad for our health. Milkshakes are better that freakshakes because I think they have less things. I would like to try a freakshake.
2. Yes, I think calorie information should be on restaurant menus. This information is very important if you have a health problem.
3. People “invent” things like freakshakes because you can eat all your favorite foods7ingredientes in the same plate.
4. I don’t remember a some absurd food craze that have become popular in my country.
5. The sweetest dessert that I have ever tasted is pancakes with nougat. I tried this dessert during the last Christmas holidays..
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