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It just goes to show that good things always find an audience. In 1904, a pharmacist in Latrobe, who loved to create her inventive fountain-dessert combinations, came up with the banana split (an ice cream dessert with a banana cut lengthwise). Word spread through students at the local college, and before long, this ice cream classic caught on at soda fountains across the country.
What makes this dessert so famous? A long boat-shape bowl filled with big scoops of different ice cream flavors and flanked by banana halves is a showstopper for sure. And, to gild the lily, pineapple, strawberry and chocolate toppings glisten atop the ice cream rounds. If that's not enough, the original recipe calls for drifts of whipped cream, crushed nuts and maraschino cherries as a final garnish. It's definitely meant for a celebration.See the full content of this document
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Grilled Banana Splits a Fitting Dining Finale
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