Banana split

Banana Split (from english banana split, " banana split ") is a sundae of American cuisine.

In the classical formulation, it consists of a peeled, longitudinally split banana, it set balls of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream, is given through the pineapple syrup, chocolate sauce and strawberry syrup, and finally nut pieces, whipped cream and maraschino cherries. Banana Split is served on an elongated, "Boot " said Belleville.

A common, simpler version that is mainly offered in the German-speaking countries, consists of banana, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

History

The exact authorship of the Banana Splits is unclear.

The city of Latrobe, Pennsylvania celebrated in 2004 the 100th anniversary of the invention of the banana splits. There is the student David E. Strickler, who worked in a drugstore as Soda Jerk ( lemonade mixer), in 1904 invented this sundae. In Michaels Turbacks The Banana Split Book Strickler is credited with the invention of the banana splits.

A year or two after knitting coupler invention is an entrepreneur from Boston have offered a similar sundae - but first with unpeeled bananas.

Wilmington in Ohio also takes lay claim to being the birthplace of the banana split. The restaurant owner Ernest Hazard is said to have organized a contest among his employees for the invention of a new ice cream, to keep the students of the city during the long winter days in a good mood. Unhappy with the result that he had placed a halved banana on an elongated plate and invented a dessert itself. In Wilmington, a banana split festival is held every year in June.

The popularization of the banana splits the food chain Walgreens is attributed. Charles Walgreen copied the dessert and made it one of the hallmarks of his drugstore, which he founded in Chicago.

Just the fast-food chain Dairy Queen sold more than 25 million banana splits annually.

In Germany banana split was known mainly after the Second World War by Ice and belongs there as standard.