Good evening, welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: November 11th, 2021. Did you know today is National Sundae Day. Man, on man if only I didn’t have a slice of Cake this afternoon you could beat your bottom dollar I would have a Hot Fudge Sundae. Would you like to join me in one?
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Six Facts about Ice Cream
1. Did you know in 1985, the biggest Ice Cream Sundae was made in California and this Sundae stood 12ft tall and was made with 4,667 gallons of Ice Cream.
2. I have a fun fact for you. It takes 12 lbs. of milk to make just one gallon of Ice Cream.
3. At a price of $1,000, the most expensive Ice Cream Sundae is the Serendipity Golden Opulence Sundae. Which is sold by Serendipity in New York City.
4. Average Americans eats about 20 quarts of Ice Cream a year. Which is the world’s highest per capita consumption, according to the International Dairy Foods Association.
5. Marco Polo brought back a Sherbet dessert recipe from China.
6. Chocolate syrup is the world’s most popular ice cream topping.
National Sundae Day falls on November 11th and Desserts don’t get much more decadent than Marshmallow, Chocolate, or Strawberry Sundaes. You can visit a local Ice Cream Shop or prepare Sundae’s at home. course. Anything Ice Cream-related brighten things up, but Sunday’s are especially enjoyable.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL SUNDAE DAY
Who invented the Ice Cream Sundae is a good question. Many claim credit but here’s a quick glance at a trio of theories ranked from earliest to most recent.:
1. Sundaes first appeared around 1881 in the town of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. A man named George Hallauer asked his friend Edward C. Berner, the owner of a Soda Fountain, to top a dish of Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce modeled after Ice Cream Sodas. The creation only cost a nickel and skyrocketed in popularity, but this creation was sold only on Sundays.
2. A Plainfield, Illinois, druggist named Mr. Sonntag created the dish in 1890 after customers requested something different. Mr. Sonntag named it the “sonntag” after himself, and since Sonntag means Sunday in German, the name was translated to Sunday, and later was spelled Sundae.
3. John M. Scott, a Minister, and Chester Platt, co-owner of a pharmacy, created the first Sundae on April 3, 1892 (a Sunday), in Ithaca, New York. Platt covered dishes of Ice Cream with Cherry Syrup and Candied Cherries. The men named the dish “Cherry Sunday.” Historians found a newspaper ad for a “Cherry Sunday” placed in the Ithaca Daily Journal. Three days later by May 1892, the Platt & Colt Soda Fountain also served “Strawberry Sundays,” and later, “Chocolate Sundays”.
Either way, 130 years later, Sundae’s are quite a treat!
NATIONAL SUNDAE DAY ACTIVITIES
- Sundaes are a dessert party in a bowl. What better way to celebrate this Holiday than to host your own Sundae Bar with friends?
- Prepare Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce is simple, so and Chocolatey that you will never want to go back to the store-bought kind again. Search online for a recipe. Most use simple ingredients like Heavy Cream, Cocoa Powder, Vanilla, Chocolate, Brown Sugar, and Corn Syrup. Store the Sauce in your fridge. Then you can drizzle this Chocolate Sauce for months on end.
- Time to make an adult version of this childhood favorite. For a very grown-up dessert, pour a tablespoon of Coffee-flavored Liqueur over a Coffee Ice Cream Sundae, or Crème de Menthe over Mint Chocolate Chip Sundae.
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL SUNDAE DAY
- For Sundaes, it’s the building and layering, not the cooking, that counts. Sundae’s require minimal effort with delectable reward: you just need Ice Cream, Toppings, a bowl, and a Sppon.
- When it comes to mixing and matching toppings for Sundae’s the sky’s the limit. Try crumbled Cookies, a Candy Bar Chunks, or Nuts.
- Sundaes are the perfect dessert to dress up a date night, or liven up a Birthday.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
