Eton mess as more traditional. A similar dessert is Lancing mess (which uses bananas), served throughout the year at Lancing College in West Sussex, England. The word "mess" may refer to the appearance of the dish, or may be used in the sense of "a quantity of food", particularly "a prepared dish of soft food" or "a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together". Eton mess Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, broken meringue, and whipped double cream. First mentioned in print in 1893, it is commonly believed to originate from Eton College and is
Zabaione The dessert is popular in Argentina and Uruguay, where it is known as "sambayón" (from the piedmontese "sambajon"). It is a popular ice cream flavour in Argentina's ice-cream shops. In Colombia, the name is "sabajón". In Venezuela there is also a related egg-based dessert drink called "ponche crema". This is consumed almost exclusively at Christmas time. Classical zabaione uses raw egg yolks cooked in a bain-marie, and most often served with Marsala (though other wines can be substituted). It can be finished with beaten egg white (meringue) or sometimes with whipped cream. Occasionally, the wine is omitted when the dish