Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
 300      milliliter    heavy cream
   2                    bananas (or equivalent amount of some soft
                        broken meringue

Preparation:

1. Whip the cream. 2. Chop fruit coarsely, but don't crush. 3. Break meringue into large crumbs. 4. Mix everything shortly before serving and pile into glasses. Author's Notes: My mother used to make the banana variety of this when she cooked her meringues a little too long or too hot. I've no idea of its origins. I can never make up my mind whether I prefer the strawberry or the banana version. Peach should be pretty good too, though I've never tried it. This is a neat way of saving a attempt when the meringue part fails: it produces a delicious desert and no-one need ever