American physicist Mr. Benjamin Thompson discovered how to make meringue back in the early 1800’s. Meringue is a key component of Baked Alaska, the spotlighted dish being celebrated on Baked Alaska Day! Baked Alaska is made by placing slices of sponge cake in the bottom of a pie pan, filling it with vanilla ice cream and then covering completely with a whipped meringue mixture. The whole thing is baked in the oven at a very high temperature for a short period of time to allow the meringue to solidify slightly and brown. The meringue protects the ice cream from melting, thus giving this dessert its distinctive cold/hot sensation and creamy/crunchy texture loved by so many. This sweet treat was named by the chef at the famous New York Delmonico’s Restaurant in 1876 to celebrate America’s acquisition of its new territory. Its lesser known name of Norwegian Omelette also gives tribute to this dessert’s characteristic appearance of a cold, snow covered mountain. I like the name Norwegian Omelette better, but I think I'll stick to Arctic Roll. I usually set fire to mine just to show off
I shan’t be baking today , it’s monthly local meal club so shall be eating prawns and squid amongst other delights , and I’m allowed a beer too
2 Scotsmen looking through the window of a baker's shop. 1st Scotsman, pointing at the cakes on display, "Is that an éclair or a meringue?" 2nd Scotsman, "You're no wrang. It's an éclair" Thank you. Thank you. I'm here all week.
Not quite the same as an Alaska which is meringue over ice cream . I worked at Birdseye in Eastbourne on my college hols where they were made mass production along with rolled pastry and runner beans but we always used to get a cheap artic roll and have on a hot day fa tea break , had some good laughs their too
Think it's an age thing.....stock up at freezer centre and stick in chest freezer in spare bedroom ! They predate Iceland and upright freezers.
two of my mates worked at the Smedley's canning factory near Maidstone back in the 60's. when they got bored, they used to put wrong labels on a few cans for a laugh. Another worked at Sharps toffee factory and often brought home some yummy free samples. work was fun in those days.
