Thanks to the mysterious benefactor who sent me macaroons. I have tried the rose lychee and lemon thyme so far, and both were marvelous, with bright, intense flavors. Much appreciated!
Wow, those look very different from the macaroons of my youth, which were kind of nasty-tasting cookies people felt compelled to buy around Passover. I imagine these taste much better.
Hey, kosher l'Pesach macaroons were better than those neon-colored "fruit slices" ... only my little sister liked those!
("Chocolate matzoh" - dark chocolate slabs with crushed hazelnuts, marked up to look vaguely like matzoh - is by far the best Passover sweet I've ever had.)
Your little sister has no taste buds, obviously - those things were nasty.
The macaroons shouldn't have been that bad in theory, if one likes coconut - which I do. But they always had a very chemical flavor.
I'm not sure I ever had chocolate matzoh. We definitely had chocolate-covered matzoh, which wasn't bad. But the good food at Passover came earlier than dessert. Homemade chicken soup with homemade matzoh balls, turkey with stuffing that was so good making it with matzoh instead of bread crumbs didn't ruin it...
Those are French macarons, which are ground-almond-based instead of coconut-based. (Edited to add a link in case you want to try making them at home.) Delicious, and a far cry from coconut macaroons.
The coconut macaroons that come in cans for Passover are pretty nasty, but they don't have to be. My mother makes incredible homemade macaroons, and it was quite an eye-opener to learn that macaroons can be delicious. (They're really easy to make, too, especially if you don't care about them looking pretty. I made a batch last year.)
French macaro(o)ns look like they can be made for Passover, no problem. I will have to experiment this year...
Oh wow, I love interesting macarons. That sounds glorious indeed.
I must hie myself to the Harvard Square place that does awesome hot chocolate and tiny macarons again sometime soon, I think. You have me craving those, now. (Although lemon-thyme macarons sound divine, and I don't think I can get those there!)
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Hey, kosher l'Pesach macaroons were better than those neon-colored "fruit slices" ... only my little sister liked those!
("Chocolate matzoh" - dark chocolate slabs with crushed hazelnuts, marked up to look vaguely like matzoh - is by far the best Passover sweet I've ever had.)
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The macaroons shouldn't have been that bad in theory, if one likes coconut - which I do. But they always had a very chemical flavor.
I'm not sure I ever had chocolate matzoh. We definitely had chocolate-covered matzoh, which wasn't bad. But the good food at Passover came earlier than dessert. Homemade chicken soup with homemade matzoh balls, turkey with stuffing that was so good making it with matzoh instead of bread crumbs didn't ruin it...
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The coconut macaroons that come in cans for Passover are pretty nasty, but they don't have to be. My mother makes incredible homemade macaroons, and it was quite an eye-opener to learn that macaroons can be delicious. (They're really easy to make, too, especially if you don't care about them looking pretty. I made a batch last year.)
French macaro(o)ns look like they can be made for Passover, no problem. I will have to experiment this year...
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I must hie myself to the Harvard Square place that does awesome hot chocolate and tiny macarons again sometime soon, I think. You have me craving those, now. (Although lemon-thyme macarons sound divine, and I don't think I can get those there!)
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