topic Re: Macaroon vs. Macaron in Kitchen

Macaroon vs. Macaron

house_cat — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:23:50 GMT

Just thought I'd share!

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kate2357 — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:37:11 GMT

Love macaroon cookies....especially if dipped in chocolate. Never acquired a taste for macaron cookies, but I know many folks like them.

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Vivian — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:43:53 GMT

Thank you so much for providing what, in my not-so-humble-opinion, is a very important distinction. Macarons are a French delicacy that literally melt in your mouth, something that cannot be said of a macaroon. If you ever ate one of each, you'd certainly know the difference. And Macron is something else entirely.

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SloopJohnB — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:44:55 GMT

@house_cat I'll have one of each please.

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maximillian — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:50:34 GMT

Has anyone purchased the MACARON product from QVC? Opinion on taste, quality?

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Bird mama — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 23:52:41 GMT

@house_cat

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shoesnbags — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:03:17 GMT

I'm not too fond of either one. Give me a good ole chocolate chunk cookie any day!

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:21:25 GMT

I love a macaroon dipped in chocolate. Macron isn't bad himself. 😉

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SilleeMee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:22:45 GMT

One of my friends speaks with a very heavy Spanish accent. These three words, when spoken by her, all sound the same to me:

Caesars

Seizures

Scissors

There's a very funny story about the three words but I save it for another day...

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SouthernBee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:53:38 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
One of my friends speaks with a very heavy Spanish accent. These three words, when spoken by her, all sound the same to me:

Caesars
Seizures
Scissors

There's a very funny story about the three words but I save it for another day...

@SilleeMee : Please - all details.

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RedTop — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:42:19 GMT

Easy for me to remember since they are 2 of the 3 cookies I never eat; fig newtons being the other. I am allergic to egg whites, which makes it easy to avoid these cookies.

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house_cat — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:45:43 GMT

@RedTop

Don't all cookies have egg whites?

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SilleeMee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:50:33 GMT

One day at work my Spanish-speaking coworker arrived all upset. She was going on and on, talking really fast with every other word in Spanish. No one could quite make out what she was saying and all we knew for sure was something was terribly wrong. She told us she had to leave but would come back later.

After she left everyone was trying to figure out what happened and the story went around that her young son had suffered a very bad seizure at school that morning and that she had to go to get him.

She returned to work later that morning and people were going up to her saying they were sorry about her son's seizures. Then with a shocking face she replied something like: "What are you talking about? No, my son did not have a seizure! My son is upset with me because I tried to cut his hair with a pair of scissors to give him a Caesars-style haircut and it didn't turn out the way he wanted so he skipped school out of embarrassment and I had to go and find him."

You had to have been there. A story that got so twisted that it became an inside joke there for a very long time.

@SouthernBee

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SouthernBee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:25:45 GMT

@SilleeMee : Thank you. I needed a good laugh.I have one Spanish friend and she is very difficult to understand but especially when she is excited or upset. My DH had rotator cuff surgery yesterday. Everything great but he is in a lot of pain.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:35:01 GMT

@SouthernBee

Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your hubby.

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on the bay — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:50:46 GMT

ooo! I love macarons! I love them and never knew what they were called! So thank you @house_cat for this exceptional chart😄

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SouthernBee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:39:47 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@SouthernBee
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your hubby.

@SilleeMee : Thank you. He has dealt with a lot and of course with Covid changed priorities for surgery. The surgical waiting room had several other men scheduled for rotator cuff surgery. I was relieved that DH was first. ♥️

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RedTop — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:43:29 GMT

@house_cat

My allergy is to egg whites in pure form, and these cookies are made with whipped egg whites, just like angel food cake, and meringue for pies, which I don't eat. I don't eat the white of a deviled egg either. I can eat yolks all day, and whole eggs in cakes, cookies, meatloaf, etc., doesn't bother me.

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house_cat — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:57:48 GMT

@RedTop

Thanks for clearing that up... I was a little confused. I've developed several food sensitivities in the last few years, so I'm very interested in what others have to say.

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Sooner — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:40:48 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
Easy for me to remember since they are 2 of the 3 cookies I never eat; fig newtons being the other. I am allergic to egg whites, which makes it easy to avoid these cookies.

@RedTop I have never understood why anyone would bother with a fig newton.