Ancestry destroys the "pie a la mode" legend. Antedating (1895)

[Sam Clements]

I went back about another 10 years (1885) on Ancestry.  No other cites that
help.  But, after all, how early could you get a scoop of ice cream on your
piece of pie?

As an aside, many of the cites I found from 1895-1905 or so, used "peach
pie" rather than "apple pie."



I still want someone to find a cite that tells me that "pie a la mode" was a
piece of pie with a scoop of ice cream on top.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Clements" <sclements at NEO.RR.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:51 PM
Subject: Ancestry destroys the "pie a la mode" legend. Antedating (1895)


> Once you find out which terms to punch into which boxes over at Ancestry,
> you can fly.  It takes forever to tune up that suck-ass search engine,
> though.
>
> Using "pie mode" in place of "first name" and "second name," you come up
> with a cite from 1895 from the Newark(OH) Advocate:
>
>      There was a big sign in the window which read this way:
>
>
............................................................................
>  .                 PIE A LA MODE,
>                              10 Cents.
>
............................................................................
>
> So Mr. Townsend and his consort, Ms. Berry Hall,  must have heard the term
> from somewhere else, perhaps Ohio :)
>
> I've not finished searching, but had to share the info found thus far.
>
> SC
>