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
The End of the Whole Mess The End of the Whole Mess "The End of the Whole Mess" is a short science fiction story by American writer Stephen King, first published in "Omni Magazine" in 1986. It was collected in King's "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" in 1993 and in "" in 2008. The story is written in the form of a personal journal, and tells the story of the narrator Howard Fornoy's genius younger brother's attempt to cure humanity's aggressive tendencies. A TV adaptation of the story was produced by TNT as part of "" and received positive reviews. The story, narrated by Howard Fornoy in the