Knickerbocker glory

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Knickerbocker glory

A knickerbocker glory is a very elaborate ice cream sundae that is served in a large tall glass, particularly in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the closest equivalent would be a parfait.

The knickerbocker glory was first described in the 1930s and contains ice cream, jelly, fruit and cream. Layers of these different sweet tastes are alternated in a tall glass and are topped with different kinds of syrup, nuts, whipped cream and often a cherry. Layers of meringue, fruit and even alcohol may be included but, as with an ice cream sundae, there is no precise recipe.

It is so called, as it is traditionally designed to appear as a column of horizontal stripes—often alternating red and white—so as to resemble long stockings called knickerbockers, which were once popular amongst young girls.

[edit] Cultural references

The knickerbocker glory is mentioned in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
It is also mentioned in a UK sitcom called One Foot in the Grave (Series 6, entitled "Tales of Terror").
It is also mentioned in the motion picture, Tea with Mussolini.
It is also mentioned in Moore Place, from Season 1 of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
It is also mentioned in The Secret of Platform 13
It is mentioned in the novel "Winterwood" by Patrick McCabe