A girl at my afterschool program asked me today why do we call it a sundae and not a monday or wednesday? I tried to figure that out online but I couldn't. Anyone know???
2007-02-26 09:47:49 · 10 answers · asked by mgg1335 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
for the record I KNOW how to spell sunday as in the day. The ice cream is spelled with an ae... and i LOVE the answer about the rest of the week! Thanks for the help guys!
2007-02-26 11:23:52 · update #1
It depends upon the icing sweetie,...
If it were a Mondae, then it would have sprinkles on it.
A Wednesdae is usually glazed with some kind of jam, like strawberry or pineapple.
A Tuesdae, is a basic bowl of ice cream, but a special flava like rocky road or cookies an creme.
Fridaes and Saturdaes are anything goes like a banana split but with cookies of your choice.
A Thursdae is gobs of half melted or soft ice creme casually added together, (usually different flavas at random) with fruit cocktail sprinkled on top and a light dusting of either powdered sugar or cocoa powder.
A Holidae is any softened ice cream, layered between slabs of cake (without any icing) and drizzled with a sticky gooey topping of your choice. ( I like caramel ).
What is your favorite day sweetie?
cheers!!!
2007-02-26 10:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by somber_pieces 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Dalmuti is right. Found it on Wikipedia.
Plus, since Sunday was the only day of non-work in the 1800's it would probably be fitting that the confection be named after the day, albeit with a twist to the spelling. Can you believe there was even a rivalry for who actually came up with it?
Sundae history and controversy
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of the term sundae is obscure. Various American localities claim the invention of ice cream topped with syrup. The newspaperman H. L. Mencken reported that the sundae was invented in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, although some reports say he later said this was a hoax[citation needed]. Other sources state that the sundae originated in Plainfield, Illinois; Evanston, Illinois; New York City; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; or Ithaca, New York.
Of the many stories about the invention of the sundae, one frequent theme is the sinfulness of the Ice cream soda and the need to produce a substitute for the popular treat for consumption on Sunday.
Two Rivers' claim is based on the story of George Hallauer asking Edward C. Berner, the owner of Berner's Soda Fountain, to drizzle chocolate syrup over ice cream in 1881[citation needed]. Berner eventually did and wound up selling the treat for a nickel, originally only on Sundays, but later every day. According to this story, the spelling changed when a glass salesman ordered canoe-shaped dishes. When Berner died in 1939, the Chicago Tribune headlined his obituary "Man Who Made First Ice Cream Sundae Is Dead."
Supporting Ithaca's claim, Gretchen Sachse of Tompkins County, New York and the DeWitt Historical Society provides a differing account of how the sundae came to be: One hot Sunday afternoon in 1891 in Ithaca, John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church pastor, and Chester Platt, Platt & Colt Pharmacy partner, created the first known sundae[citation needed]. Mr. Platt covered dishes of ice cream with syrup and candied cherries on a whim. The Platt & Colt soda fountain featured sundaes thereafter. The first documented advertisement for a "Cherry Sunday" was placed in the Ithaca Daily Journal in 1892 by Chester Platt. The spelling "sundae" is believed to have originated in Evanston, Illinois as a less blasphemous name for the ice cream treat some time after the "Sunday" spelling was popularized in Ithaca
2007-02-26 10:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by wererabbit67 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because back during the age of temperance there were blue laws that said ice cream soda's could not be sold on the Sunday because it was considered uncouth to be sucking soda's on the Sabbath. However eating ice cream from a bowl with a spoon was perfectly within the normal code of accepted polite society. Voila the ice cream Sundae was born as a way for ice cream parlors to make make money on Sunday.
2007-02-26 09:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Great Dalmuti 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's what I found out:
It is generally accepted that the name "sundae" was created in response to the "Blue Laws" which said that ice cream sodas could not be sold on Sundays because they were to "frilly."
Go to the following link to find out more:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/Sundae.htm
2007-02-26 12:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called Sundaes because it was always served on Sundays after church.
2007-02-26 10:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Cause the rest of the week is for school or work. Saturday is for chores, that only leaves Sunday.
2007-02-26 14:12:29 · answer #6 · answered by mitchell2020 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well...first of all, sunday is spelled with a y, not an e
2007-02-26 09:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by maroula 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because everyone has agreed to hate mondays...
2007-02-26 11:31:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
um, you ever learned how to spell Sunday. they're different words, dear.
2007-02-26 09:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by Gabrielle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kids, aren't they cute...They come up with funniest things...really I don't have a clue.
2007-02-26 09:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋