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
Whipped cream lunch at the Hameau de Chantilly—but did not say what exactly it was, or call it Chantilly cream. The names "crème Chantilly", "crème de Chantilly", "crème à la Chantilly", or "crème fouettée à la Chantilly" only become common in the 19th century. In 1806, the first edition of Viard's "Cuisinier Impérial" mentions neither "whipped" nor "Chantilly" cream, but the 1820 edition mentions both. The name "Chantilly" was probably used because the château had become a symbol of refined food. Imitations of whipped cream, often sold under the name whipped topping or squirty cream, are commercially available. They may be used