Sundaes on Sunday!

  An ice cream sundae is always a great treat and is almost like an empty canvas.  You start with just a plain dish of vanilla ice cream and then you can dress it up with any toppings imaginable; there's hot fudge, caramel, butterscotch, sprinkles, nuts, candy pieces, and so much more!  I looked up on the internet to see what the history of the sundae is and I found that it is not exactly certain where it started but there are three different theories.
  The first theory is that is that it originated in Evanson, Illinois.  In 1890 a law was passed that made it illegal to sell soda water on Sundays. The soda fountains in the area began selling their ice cream sodas without the soda on Sundays and this left just the ice cream with a syrup topping.
  The second theory is that the sundae originated in Two Rivers, Illinois by a soda fountain owner named Ed Berner.  A customer named George Hallauner asked to be served a dish of ice cream topped with the syrup used in the sodas. Berner liked the idea of this dish and began selling it off his menu for a nickel.  A competeing soda fountain owner by the name of George Giffy also began to serve this dish except at a higher price and only on Sundays, which is why it became known as the ice cream sunday.  when he saw the money this dish was making though he began to sell it every day and changed its name to ice cream sundae.
   the last theory states that the sundae originated in Ithaca, New York and was created by a drugstore owner named Chester Platt.  It is said that Mr. Platt prepared a dish of ice cream for a man named Reveraend Scott. Platt dressed up the dish with syrup and candies and served it to the Reverend. This took place on a Sunday so Reverend Scott named the dish after the day.

Information from:
http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/Sundae.htm

Picture from:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/04/02/would-arizona-have-banned-ice-cream-in-the-1800s/