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Eton mess
Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of
strawberries, meringue, and whipped cream.[1] First mentioned in Eton mess
print in 1893, it is commonly believed to originate from Eton College
and is served at the annual cricket match against the pupils of
Harrow School.[2]

Eton mess was served in the 1930s in the school's "sock shop" (tuck
shop), and was originally made with either strawberries or bananas
mixed with ice-cream or cream.[3][4] Meringue was a later
addition.[5][6] An Eton mess can be made with many other types of
summer fruit,[7] but strawberries are regarded as more traditional.

Lancing mess (which uses bananas) is a similar dessert which is

served throughout the year at Lancing College in West Sussex,
England. A plate of Eton mess

Course Dessert
The word mess may refer to the appearance of the dish,[5] or may be
used in the sense of "a quantity of food", particularly "a prepared Place of United Kingdom
origin
dish of soft food" or "a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten
together".[8] Created by Eton College
Main Strawberries,
In recent times, "Eton mess" has often been used by commentators ingredients meringue, cream
in the media to describe political infighting within the UK
Conservative Party over issues such as Brexit. Eton mess is used Cookbook: Eton mess
because a number of Conservative politicians were educated at Eton Media: Eton mess
College.[9][10][11]

See also
Cranachan
Fruit fool
List of strawberry dishes
Pavlova

References
1. Darra Goldstein; Sidney Mintz; Michael Krondl; Laura Mason (2015). The Oxford Companion to
Sugar and Sweets (https://books.google.com/books?id=jbi6BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243). Oxford
University Press. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-0-19-931339-6.
2. Arthur Henry Beavan (1896). Marlborough House and Its Occupants: Present and Past. p. 162.
3. Weir, Robin; Caroline Liddell; Peter Brears (1995). Recipes from the Dairy. London: National Trust.
ISBN 0-7078-0243-1.
4. Blumenthal, Heston (5 February 2005). "The appliance of science : Another fine mess" (https://www.t
heguardian.com/weekend/story/0,,1404884,00.html). The Guardian.
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5. Blumenthal, Heston (28 June 2003). "No messing" (https://www.theguardian.com/weekend/story/0,,9

85398,00.html). The Guardian.
6. Smith, Michael (1973). Fine English Cookery (https://archive.org/details/fineenglishcooke0000smit).
London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-10349-9. (Revised edition London: Serif, 1998, Foreword by
Geraldene Holt; ISBN 978-1897959367.) See Dupleix, Jill (3 June 2004). "Eton mess : Strawberries
and cream make a superb summer pudding for lazy, hazy days" (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life
_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article442202.ece). The Times. London.
7. A recipe by Heston Blumenthal, for instance, uses bananas: see Blumenthal, Heston (12 February
2006). "Eton mess : Look, no berries – this Eton mess is a crispy, creamy, zingy heap of a treat" (htt
p://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/heston_blumenthal/article725886.ece).
The Sunday Times. London.
8. "mess" (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/mess). Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved
25 November 2007. The Oxford English Dictionary defines mess as "[a] serving of food; a course; a
meal; a prepared dish of a specified kind of food." or "[a] portion or serving of liquid or pulpy food
such as milk, broth, porridge, boiled vegetables, etc.": Simpson, John, ed. (March 2002). "mess, n."
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00306872). OED Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Retrieved 10 July 2007..
9. Ashworth, Jon (18 March 2014). "Tories are in 'open warfare' over their 'Eton mess' " (https://www.tel
egraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10705108/Tories-are-in-open-warfare-over-their-Eton-mess.html).
ISSN 0307-1235 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0307-1235). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
10. Mason, Rowena; correspondent, political (18 March 2014). "Tory minister attacks David Cameron's
'Eton mess' inner cabinet" (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/18/tory-minister-cameron-
eton-mess). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved
1 February 2020.
11. "Baroness Sayeeda Warsi: Stirring the Eton Mess" (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profil
es/baroness-sayeeda-warsi-stirring-the-eton-mess-9256660.html). The Independent. 13 April 2014.
Retrieved 1 February 2020.

Further reading
Leigh, Rowley (1 July 2003). "Messy pleasures" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wine/main.jhtml?xml=/
wine/2003/07/01/edfood01.xml). The Daily Telegraph.

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