Did you know Two Rivers, Wisconsin claims that the first ice cream sundae was served by accident in 1881? Druggist Edward Berners, owner of Ed Berners’ Ice Cream Parlor was asked by a George Hallauer for a ice cream soda. Because it was Sunday, the Sabbath, Mr. Berners was not allowed to serve ice cream sodas, so he compromised and put ice cream in a dish and poured the chocolate syrup on top (chocolate syrup was only used for making flavored ice cream sodas at the time). Ed Berners sampled the dish and liked it enough to begin featuring “ice cream with syrup” in his shop for the same price as a dish of ice cream.
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