The New Concise Larousse Gastronomique describes spoom as: "A type of frothy sorbet, which used to be a great favourite in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, made with a lighter syrup than that required for a true sorbet. As it begins to set, it is mixed with half its volume of Italian meringue

Meringue

Meringue is a type of dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, occasionally some recipes may call for adding an acid such as cream of tartar or a small amount of vinegar and a binding agent such as cornstarch found in icing sugar which may be added in addition to the corn starch which...

. Like sorbet, it is made from fruit juice

Juice

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, wine

Wine

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, sherry

Sherry

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 or port

Port

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 and served in a tall glass (with a few tablespoons of champagne spooned over it -NB). The name comes from the Italian spuma (foam). In Italy, spumone is a light frothy ice cream

Ice cream

Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...

 made with egg whites, a flavouring and whipped cream."

While there are several books published with a few recipes for spooms, there is currently only one (albeit in French) entirely dedicated to spoom recipes, called Spoom ! in which the author explains that spooms were eaten (and drunk) all over Europe as early as the 18th century.