There’s an old story about the invention of the Eton Mess that says during the annual cricket match at Eton College, sometime during the 1920s, a Labrador sat on a strawberry pavlova. It was crushed, but the students didn’t care and ate it anyway.

This isn’t true – it was actually invented by a chef in the 1930s, but it’s still a wonderfully tasty dessert made with meringue, strawberries, and cream.

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