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<font size=3>This "Desart" was served on a Monday!<br><br>
I note the OED2's comment on etymology: "The name is generally
explained as an alteration of Sunday, either because the dish originally
included leftover ice-cream sold cheaply on Monday, or because it was at
first sold only on Sunday, having, according to some accounts, been
devised to circumvent Sunday legislation."<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
At 1/1/2007 03:20 PM, I wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">What is a "Desart
Sund[a]y", 1750? (The "y" is a superscript; I am
presuming the "a".) Ice cream dates from 1744, but sundae
from 1897 (OED2).<br><br>
"... went to Capt. Wendells, where they had not done Dinner Sat down
with them to a Desart Sundy, Fruit &c. and Drank Glass wine
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