[lit-ideas] Re: The Hokey Pokey, usw
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On 16-Nov-08, at 9:20 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
Yesterday ... I came across the claim that ice cream cones were
invented at the St. Louis world's fair. This turns out not to have
been the case. ...
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/IceCreamCone.htm
From the above-mentioned site:
"Ice cream in a cup also became known as a 'toot,' which many
[sic] have been derived
from the Italian word 'tutti' or 'all,' as customers were urged
to 'Eat it all.' "
I beg to differ. A couple of paragraphs earlier on that same site one
finds the statement:
"Both paper and metal cones were used in France, England, and
Germany
before the 19th century. Travelers to Düsseldorf, Germany
reported eating
ice cream out of edible cones in the late 1800s."
Small quantities of fruit and vegetables are sold at the market in
small cone-shaped paper bags. The German word for a small paper bag
is 'Tüte', and the word for an ice-cream cone is still
'Eistüte' (literally 'ice cream bag'). Here you have the move from
paper to edible 'cone' - and a more likely etymology for 'toot' in
reference to a serving of ice cream.
Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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