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a banana split's respectable older sibling who still ordered dessert for breakfast
means A dish of ice cream topped with syrup, fruit, nuts, whipped cream, or other sweet garnishes, served in a bowl or tall glass.
from An American confection of the late 19th century, the name a respelling of 'Sunday.' The popular story — told by several U.S. towns all claiming to be the birthplace — is that soda fountains, barred by blue laws or local custom from selling fizzy 'sodas' on the Sabbath, served the syrupy ice cream without the soda water and called it a 'Sunday.' The spelling was reportedly tweaked to '-dae' to avoid offending pious sensibilities by borrowing the holy day's name. The blue-law detail is hard to pin to one place, but the link to 'Sunday' is genuine; the playful respelling stuck.
- sunday name
- named to dodge laws banning Sunday soda sales
- spelled wrong
- the 'e' avoided offending the holy sabbath
- origin war
- multiple US towns still claim its invention
- sauce first
- originally just ice cream drowned in syrup
hot fudge sundae — american dessert created in late 1800s at soda fountains, ice cream topped with warm fudge sauce
banana split — three-scoop sundae with banana, whipped cream, and toppings created in latrobe, pennsylvania around 1904
turtle sundae — ice cream topped with pecans, caramel, and chocolate sauce, named for its shell-like appearance