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    What village in the Bern Alps gave its name to an egg-white cake and also plays a role in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

    Question #101046. Asked by flem-ish. (Nov 16 08 1:19 PM)


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    		Meiringen in Switzerland is for many Holmesians a kind of Mecca. It was at the nearby Reichenbach Falls that Sherlock Holmes in May 1891 met and defeated his greatest enemy, Professor Moriarty.
    http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/beeline/M_museum.php

    Meringue is a type of dessert made from whipped egg whites.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meringue

    Nov 16 08, 1:40 PM

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