Monday, July 03, 2006
"Ithaca shall cease, desist, or relinquish its claim as the true sole, unique, hometown, of the ice cream sundae," the mayor said.
Mayor Peterson is kindly responding to a Wisconsin city, Two Rivers, which recently demanded Ithaca stop claiming it's where the first Sundae was enjoyed. The "sundae wars" are underway, but the most excellent sundae historian says there's no doubt sundaes were first scooped in Ithaca in the late 18 hundreds.
"Ithaca is not only responsible for the iconic dessert, precisely the way we think about a sundae today, but Ithaca has the first documentation," said historian Michael Turback.
But the stakes are senior than just bragging rights. While battling over sundae history strength seem trivial, Ithaca's tourism department says there can be real advantage to being known as the definitive home of the sundae.
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