Een ijs oorlog
Er is een ander soort oorlog gaande die het CBS avond nieuws gehaald heeft, en wel de oorlog tussen Two Rivers in Wisconsin, en Ithaca in New York. Het "gevecht" gaat over in welke stad de "ice cream sundae" is uitgevonden. De ice cream sundae is schepijs met allerlei dingen erop, zoals chocolade siroop, snoep of koekjes.
Kinderen leren hier op school dat de ice cream sundae in Ithaca is uitgevonden, maar Two Rivers heeft daat lucht van gekregen en zo is de ice cream sundae oorlog begonnen.
Hoe het allemaal begon:
Wis. town screams over Ithaca's claim to first sundae service
By Andrew Tutino
Journal Staff
ITHACA — Call it the “Sundae Wars” if you please, but Ithaca and a Wisconsin city are locked in a spirited, but friendly, debate on which municipality can lay claim to being the first to have served an ice cream sundae.
In preparing for a promotion that will take place next month, the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitors' Bureau was researching the various claims of where the ice cream sundae was born.
Though it has not been actively promoted in the past, Ithaca has long believed the first sundae was served up here in 1892 by Chester Platt, a drug store owner, to the Rev. John M. Scott. That sundae was made of vanilla ice cream, cherry syrup and a candied cherry, according to www.icecreamsundae.com, a Web site created by former local restaurateur Michael Turback.
About a month ago, Bruce Stoff, the bureau's marketing communications manager, began calling around to the other cities who, like Ithaca, believe the sundae was born within their boundaries to see what was done to promote the various claims, he said.
And then he called Two Rivers, Wis.
It is there, Two Rivers officials said, the ice cream sundae was really born in 1881 when Edward Berners served up a sundae with chocolate sauce and ice cream to George Hallauer at the customer's request.
Ithaca's claim is documented by a newspaper ad from the 1892 Ithaca Daily Journal. Two Rivers' claim is not documented, except by H. L. Mencken. Turback, who wrote a book on sundaes, “A Month of Sundaes” in 2001, said on Wednesday that Mencken admitted he fabricated the Two Rivers' story and a similar one coming from Manitowoc, Wis.
Documented or not, Two Rivers, Wis., isn't taking Ithaca's claim lightly and officials there are adding some extra sauce to the fray.
On Monday, the Two Rivers City Council passed a stinging proclamation mocking Ithaca's claim. The council directed Ithaca to “cease and desist” from laying claim to being the birthplace of the sundae.
Today, at the Two Rivers' annual “Sundae Thursday,” an event where people buy ice cream for a quarter and entertainment is provided, the city plans on having attendees sing the “Ice Cream Fight Song,” a newly created song that promotes the city's claim. Officials will send a DVD to Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson.
“Where we take it from there we are not sure,” said Greg Buckley, the city manager of Two Rivers. “We haven't involved legal and trust litigation and hope it will not be necessary. I hope we can keep this going each year.”
Here in Ithaca, the mood is lighter, but not quite vanilla.
“This is funny stuff,” Stoff said. “It is just hysterical. I was really shocked at how wedded they are to the claim. We are flinging shots at each other. If they want a sundae war, then let it begin today.”
On Monday, the Convention and Visitors' Bureau will kick off its first “Sunday Sundaes” at Purity Ice Cream in Ithaca.
In July, participating restaurants will dish out a free Purity Ice Cream sundae to customers who order an entrée. The bureau crafted the promotion to promote Ithaca's claim of being the birthplace of the sundae.
Peterson is expected to respond to Two Rivers' proclamation and an outline of the “Sundae War” is expected to be discussed.
Just how the “Sundae War” will play out is unknown, but neither side plans on melting.
“I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings, but we have the documentation to prove them wrong,” Turback said.
“We have told them we will gladly let them use the title of birthplace of the newspaper advertisements documenting the first ice cream sundae,” Buckley said. “But we lay claim to the birthplace of the sundae in 1881.”
Originally published June 22, 2006
Deze oorlog is nu ook onder de aandacht van CBS gekomen, in een stukje "assignment Amerika", en vrijdag hadden ze er een stukje van 3 minuten over op het nieuws.
Kijk hier om het stukje te zien:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/assignment_america/main500617.shtml
Two Rivers heeft er een leuke website over:
http://www.tworiverseconomicdevelopment.org/relocation/history-sundae.htm Link
Kinderen leren hier op school dat de ice cream sundae in Ithaca is uitgevonden, maar Two Rivers heeft daat lucht van gekregen en zo is de ice cream sundae oorlog begonnen.
Hoe het allemaal begon:
Wis. town screams over Ithaca's claim to first sundae service
By Andrew Tutino
Journal Staff
ITHACA — Call it the “Sundae Wars” if you please, but Ithaca and a Wisconsin city are locked in a spirited, but friendly, debate on which municipality can lay claim to being the first to have served an ice cream sundae.
In preparing for a promotion that will take place next month, the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention and Visitors' Bureau was researching the various claims of where the ice cream sundae was born.
Though it has not been actively promoted in the past, Ithaca has long believed the first sundae was served up here in 1892 by Chester Platt, a drug store owner, to the Rev. John M. Scott. That sundae was made of vanilla ice cream, cherry syrup and a candied cherry, according to www.icecreamsundae.com, a Web site created by former local restaurateur Michael Turback.
About a month ago, Bruce Stoff, the bureau's marketing communications manager, began calling around to the other cities who, like Ithaca, believe the sundae was born within their boundaries to see what was done to promote the various claims, he said.
And then he called Two Rivers, Wis.
It is there, Two Rivers officials said, the ice cream sundae was really born in 1881 when Edward Berners served up a sundae with chocolate sauce and ice cream to George Hallauer at the customer's request.
Ithaca's claim is documented by a newspaper ad from the 1892 Ithaca Daily Journal. Two Rivers' claim is not documented, except by H. L. Mencken. Turback, who wrote a book on sundaes, “A Month of Sundaes” in 2001, said on Wednesday that Mencken admitted he fabricated the Two Rivers' story and a similar one coming from Manitowoc, Wis.
Documented or not, Two Rivers, Wis., isn't taking Ithaca's claim lightly and officials there are adding some extra sauce to the fray.
On Monday, the Two Rivers City Council passed a stinging proclamation mocking Ithaca's claim. The council directed Ithaca to “cease and desist” from laying claim to being the birthplace of the sundae.
Today, at the Two Rivers' annual “Sundae Thursday,” an event where people buy ice cream for a quarter and entertainment is provided, the city plans on having attendees sing the “Ice Cream Fight Song,” a newly created song that promotes the city's claim. Officials will send a DVD to Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson.
“Where we take it from there we are not sure,” said Greg Buckley, the city manager of Two Rivers. “We haven't involved legal and trust litigation and hope it will not be necessary. I hope we can keep this going each year.”
Here in Ithaca, the mood is lighter, but not quite vanilla.
“This is funny stuff,” Stoff said. “It is just hysterical. I was really shocked at how wedded they are to the claim. We are flinging shots at each other. If they want a sundae war, then let it begin today.”
On Monday, the Convention and Visitors' Bureau will kick off its first “Sunday Sundaes” at Purity Ice Cream in Ithaca.
In July, participating restaurants will dish out a free Purity Ice Cream sundae to customers who order an entrée. The bureau crafted the promotion to promote Ithaca's claim of being the birthplace of the sundae.
Peterson is expected to respond to Two Rivers' proclamation and an outline of the “Sundae War” is expected to be discussed.
Just how the “Sundae War” will play out is unknown, but neither side plans on melting.
“I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings, but we have the documentation to prove them wrong,” Turback said.
“We have told them we will gladly let them use the title of birthplace of the newspaper advertisements documenting the first ice cream sundae,” Buckley said. “But we lay claim to the birthplace of the sundae in 1881.”
Originally published June 22, 2006
Deze oorlog is nu ook onder de aandacht van CBS gekomen, in een stukje "assignment Amerika", en vrijdag hadden ze er een stukje van 3 minuten over op het nieuws.
Kijk hier om het stukje te zien:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/assignment_america/main500617.shtml
Two Rivers heeft er een leuke website over:
http://www.tworiverseconomicdevelopment.org/relocation/history-sundae.htm Link
posted by Annemiek | 5:11 p.m.
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Laat ze maar lekker 'ruzie' maken, ondertussen eten jullie toch lekker die ijsjes, ongeacht wie ze 'uitgevonden' heeft.
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