Eton mess 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 served at the annual cricket match against the pupils of Harrow School. Eton mess was served in the 1930s in the school's "sock shop" (tuck shop), and was originally made with either strawberries or bananas mixed with ice-cream or cream. Meringue was a later addition. An Eton mess can be made with many other types of summer fruit, but strawberries are regarded
Stranger Fruit disrepair; bruised ("Gravedigger's Chant"), chopped in half ("Waste" and "Built on Ashes"), and with bites taken out of it ("You Ain't Coming Back"). The photographs of the apple were taken by drummer Marco Von Allmen. About the album's artwork, Gagneux stated "We thought way too long about it, and then just thought, 'What’s a fruit?'. We just bought an apple and figured we needed to mess it up as a reference to The Beatles album and the forbidden fruit and also the poem from Billie Holiday." The first track, "Intro" is a short track which Gagneux states "establishes a mood