Fresh strawberries and eton mess question

[Holymoly321]

Am planning on making eton mess for dessert for FIL at weekend - his favourite pud for his birthday. Thing is, it's not really fresh strawberry season. I know they are still in the shops but are they that tasty? Should I get tinned strawberries for the eton mess instead or is there something I can do to fresh strawbs to make them taste more of strawberry and less of nothing at all?

Definitely avoid tinned strawberries or at the least mix them with fresh ones. I would just add a bit of sugar to fresh strawberries.

OMG don't go near a tin
Had strawbs on Sunday and they were fine
they fly them in from Kenya anyway

What is wrong with tinned strawberries?

I thought it was raspberries not strawberries??

Ok - will get fresh strawbs and give them some sugar.

And don't make it in advance. The meringue dissolves into the cream if you do!

well bertie, for a start tinned strawberries are cooked.

This pud works really well with good quality frozen raspberries.

Actually it's nicer than with strawberries...

My ds saw it on a menu once and told me in a stage whisper that the restaurant had made a spelling mistake - it should be Eaten, not Eton!

I would use frozen strawberries or raspberries. Iceland do excellent ones. Don't use tinned - although tinned are very good in trifle.

Eton mess is raspberries, not strawberries.

Still got reasonably priced, and tasty, English strawberries in Sainsburys on Sat.

Mmmmmmmm, LOVE Eton Mess (droooooooooooool)

No clarice, Strawberries are the traditional fruit of choice for Eton Mess, or, historically, bananas. Not raspberries.

Oh I see, so tinned strawberries are wrong for Eton Mess, not just wrong in general?

must be fresh strawbs def.

Reading this thread, i could murder a massive bowl of eton right now.

yep Bertie.