SUNDAE. DID NAME JUST GROW.
Why your favorite American ice-cream is called sundae?
The sundae- popular synonym of the term ice-cream first started to be used around 1905? But why it was called sundae, no one bothered- rich American ice-cream was sundae- period.
Many entertaining hypotheses and surmises were advanced to explain this strange name- which Americans are accepting as generic name for the very rich and elaborate ice-cream. Quite a few hypotheses are floating around the country of the United States Of America about how did Americans begin to use the word "sundae" and a few of them are presented below.
1. The real historical fact is that the word "sundae" is a word first used by some soda water fountain by the man in an arbitrary manner.
2. It was known that the word "sundae" was originated in the colleges of the USA. Yes, the college students of The United States Of America used to call the ice-cream, served in the ice-cream parlors -"sundae"-when our great grandmothers were the young students in 1900ds.
3. It was proven by the real historical and linguistic research, that the name "sundae" is originated at Atlantic City in New Jersey.
4. It was proven by the real scientific research that the name of an ice-cream " sunday" as well is originated in Washington.
5. The story goes around, that the ice-cream, served in the ice-cream parlors at first was called Friday- as it was the day when students met together after the lectures in the local pharmacy or the local parlors. But however, the students were the nation of superstitious youth and then the name "sundae" has naturally changedto Sunday because Friday is considered an unlucky day for the date, and the Sunday is quite a good one for such a mater.
6. And then the spelling of the gorgeous ice- cream was changed to the name:- "please some, Mrs Grundy".
The legend tells, that the name "sundae" was originated in some town when the lid was down on the Sunday soda water business and the dealer fixed up a substitute for this soda water, which he called under the name of the week- a Sunday - probably, because the clients to his pharmacy were coming mostly on Sunday.
The popularity of the name for the ice-cream- "sunday" was growing big through all the USA, and the famous metaphore for such a popularity was used for more than a hundred years:
"Like Topsy it just growed".
7. The last, but not the least of the explanations is the most understandable. The ice- cream served in ice-cream parlors of the USA, was called Sunday at first, because ice-cream is a popular Sunday dessert of the whole American family. Later with years it has naturally changed to the name " sundae"- which does not make your mind mixed up. It means- as American, you serve the sundae for your family on Sunday.
8. Another lesser known fact that in the years 1900-1905 and earlier, the American pharmacies and ice-cream parlours were serving the ice- cream under the name " a Florodora".