Eton Mess

Meringue and cream, all lightness and fluff, topped with a juicy promise.

A void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.
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Can be cobbled together in seconds.

• First take the meringue (white) break it in with cream (also white).
• Crush the strawberries until the pips squeak and the juices run like blood.
• Mash. Scrummy!
• Afterthought: sprinkle with spun sugar (for decoration).

No deep thought or application required.

NB nota bene: some of the ingredients demand prodigious wealth.
(Yep, they’ll cost you.)

Like all of them, best served chilled.
Dust conservatively with icing sugar (or cocaine).

A great final flourish after you’ve made a greased pig’s ear of the main!

(Snaffle in chambers between divs)

Julian Bishop’s first collection of eco poems called We Saw It All Happen is out in early 2023 from Fly On The Wall Press. A former environment reporter for the BBC, he was runner-up in the Ginkgo Prize for Eco Poetry and has been published in Magma’s Anthropocene issue, The Morning Star and XR’s Rebel Talk among others.