A strawberry sundae.

A chocolate sundae from Dan Ryans restaurant, dubbed The World's Smallest Sundae.

One of the most familiar ice cream desserts in the United States, the sundae typically consists of a scoop of ice cream topped with sauce or syrup (often chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, or strawberry), and in some cases other items such as chopped peanuts, whipped cream, or maraschino cherries. Download high resolution version (409x640, 198 KB)Strawberry Sundae Image Number: 98cs0108: CD3358-065: Strawberry sundae. ... Download high resolution version (409x640, 198 KB)Strawberry Sundae Image Number: 98cs0108: CD3358-065: Strawberry sundae. ... - Species 20+ species; see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 386 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1368 × 2121 pixel, file size: 451 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 386 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1368 × 2121 pixel, file size: 451 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... A piece of caramel confectionery. ... Butterscotch is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar syrup, butter, cream, and vanilla. ... - Species 20+ species; see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. ... Binomial name L. This article is about the legume. ... Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. ... A close up of a Maraschino cherry A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries, such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. ...

Sundae history and controversy

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of the term sundae is obscure. Various American localities have claimed to be the birthplace of the ice cream sundae. These claimants include Ithaca, New York; Two Rivers, Wisconsin; Plainfield, Illinois; Evanston, Illinois; New York City; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, New York. In recent years, officials in Two Rivers and Ithaca have used the controversy to gain publicity for their cities. The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of...

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. A lime spider The ice cream soda is a treat made, typically, by mixing ice cream with either a soft drink (commonly root beer) or flavored syrup and carbonated water, often with some special technique to encourage the partial slushing of the ice cream itself. ...

Ithaca/Two Rivers rivalry

There is currently a heated debate between Ithaca and Two Rivers over which city has the right to claim the title "birthplace of the ice cream sundae." Ithaca mayor Carolyn K. Peterson has received over 30 postcards since June 27, 2006 from Two Rivers residents claiming that their city is the birthplace of the sundae. The postcards were in response to Peterson's official proclamation of June 26th as Purity Ice Cream that Ithaca had proof to call the sundae its own.^[1] Ithaca retaliated with an ad called "Got Proof?" in the Two Rivers newspaper.^{[citation needed]} The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York State. ... Two Rivers is a city located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. ... The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York State. ... Carolyn K. Peterson is Ithaca, New Yorks first female mayor, elected in 2004. ...

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. 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."^[2][3] Two Ithaca High School students, however, claim that Berner would have only been 16 or 17 in 1881 and it is therefore "improbable" that he would have owned an ice cream shop in that year. They also state that the dates in the obituary do not add up, as 40 years before 1939 is 1899 rather than 1881.^[4][5] Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York. ...

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.^[4][6] 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.

Types of sundaes

Hot fudge sundae

The classic hot fudge sundae is often a creation of vanilla ice cream, hot chocolate sauce (hence the "hot fudge"), whipped cream, nuts, and a single bright-red maraschino cherry on top. A hot fudge sundae can be made with any flavor of ice cream; though, as a chocolate sauce is generally favored, non-chocolate ice cream flavors are preferred. Vanilla pods Vanilla is a flavouring derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla native to Mexico. ... A thick, creamy, slice of Russian fudge // American folk lore has it that fudge was invented in the United States more than 100 years ago. ... A close up of a Maraschino cherry A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries, such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ...

A variation of the hot fudge sundae is the banana split, which generally has two extra scoops of ice creams of different flavors, over a split banana. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Turtle sundae

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Banana split

Three sundaes in one, side by side between two halves of a banana, sliced lengthwise. Includes strawberry ice cream topped with strawberry syrup, chocolate ice cream topped with chocolate syrup, and vanilla ice cream topped with crushed pineapple. Each scoop is individually garnished with whipped cream and a cherry.

Sundae trivia

The most expensive sundae

For the price of 1000 U.S. dollars, the most expensive ice cream sundae is the Serendipity Golden Opulence Sundae, sold by Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York City.^[7]. The dessert consists of five scoops of Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla, covered in 23-carat edible gold leaf, rare Amedei Porceleana and Chuao chocolate, American Golden caviar, passion fruit, orange, Armagnac, candied fruits from Paris, Marzipan cherries, and decorated with real gold dragees. The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18-karat gold spoon. Serendipity 3, often written Serendipity III, is a nightspot in Manhattan known for its foot-long hot dogs and frozen drinks, particularly frozen hot chocolate. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Tahitian could refer to the Tahitian language the native Tahitian people a resident of Tahiti or perhaps of French Polynesia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... ... The fruit of Passiflora edulis Passion fruit (Portuguese: Maracuj ) comes from passion flower vines, plants of the genus Passiflora, native to tropical and sub-tropical America. ... Binomial name (L.) Osbeck Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis (syn. ... The hilly Armagnac region in the foothills of the Pyrenées, between the Adour and Garonne rivers is a historic comté of the Duchy of Gascony (Gascogne), established in 601 CE in the southwest of Aquitaine (now France). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... A form of dragée: Jordan almonds A dragée (Pronunciation: dra-zhA , IPA: , from Greek tragêmata sweets, treats) is a form of confectionery that can be used for decorative or symbolic purposes in addition to consumption. ...

References

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External links

• The self-proclaimed Official Website of the Ice Cream Sundae, by Ithaca resident and author Michael Turback
• Wisconsin Historical Society ice cream marker