HOW DID THE ICE-CREAM SUNDAE COME INTO EXISTENCE?

Version One - Evanston, Illinois 

In the Midwestern parts of United States, laws were once passed that prohibited the selling of soda water on a Sunday. The town of Evanston, Illinois was one of the first towns to pass such a law around the year 1890. As an alternative on Sundays, local soda fountains started selling ice cream sodas minus the soda, which left only the ice cream and syrup. That became the recipe of what was to become know as the ice cream sundae.

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Version Two - Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Soda fountain owner, Ed Berners of Two Rivers, Wisconsin is reputed to have invented the first ice cream sundae in 1881. Berners' customer George Hallauer requested that Berners serve him a dish of ice cream topped with the syrup used for sodas. Berner liked the dish and added it to his regular menu, charging a nickel.

George Giffy, a competing soda fountain owner from nearby Manitowoc, Wisconsin felt he had to serve the same syrupy concoction as Ed Berners. However, Giffy felt that the nickel price was too cheap and decided to only serve the dish on Sundays, which soon became the name of the dish - the Ice Cream Sunday. Once Giffy realized that he was making good money from the "Ice Cream Sunday" he changed the name to the "Ice Cream Sundae" and served it daily.

Version Three - Ithaca, New York

The ice cream sundae was invented by Chester Platt who owned the Platt & Colt's drugstore in 1893. Platt prepared a dish of vanilla ice cream for the Reverend John Scott on a Sunday. Chester Platt spiced up the ice cream with cherry syrup and a candied cherry. Reverend Scott named the dish after the day. An advertisement for "Cherry Sunday" served at the Platt & Colt's drugstore has helped document this claim.

CHERRY SUNDAY - A new 10 cent Ice Cream Specialty. Served only at Platt & Colt's. Famous day and night Soda fountain.

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The Magical Outcome of Maternal Love

According to experts, a loving and nurturing mother prevents serious illnesses even if a person had passed his middle age.

The biggest blessing we have as we enter this world is a mothers’ lap. We start to grow up in the shadow of her affection, sleep every night listening to her sweet lullabies, till we hit maturity. Many of us may assume that the effect of a mother’s love may fade away as time goes on but according to a recent research, people having nurturing and affectionate mothers prevent them from different illnesses even in their middle age.

According to the research, experts observed 1000 men from low-income families and proved that children from such backgrounds suffered chronic illness in adulthood. But to the experts’ amazement, the fact that many poor children avoid this trend is all because of a nurturing and loving mother. The average age of participants involved in the research was 46 and they went through a full medical checkup.

Psychology professor Margie Lachman enlightens us on the conclusion of this research by adding that events in childhood seem to leave a ‘biological residue’ on health during adult life.

She added “The fact that we can see these long-term effects from childhood into midlife is pretty dramatic”. The research shows that poor kids are 40% more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, but those who evade this syndrome do this due to the nurturing effect of the mother and the values she has taught to the children to counter the hardships of life. While the study only focuses on the role of the mother, it is also proven that other relationships also help the person to become more robust in his/her future.

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