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Originally Posted by nekokami
Not a typo so much as a misreading of what you had posted... though I'd never heard of Eton Mess either (I think... that sounds a bit more vaguely familiar....)
Edit -- having now looked it up, I think the nearest common US equivalent would be "Strawberry Shortcake," though this is usually made with shortbread biscuits (traditional), pound cake, or angel's food cake.
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Sure it's different, but probably similar enough in flavour/texture terms that'd I'd happily substitute it in my brandy balloon half full of panna cotta.
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Ah. In the US I think this is called a "brandy snifter." Here I was imagining something involving brandy inside a bubble made of pastry or whipped cream or something....
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I sure do like the way you think, my friend.
Cheers,
Marc