Talk:Macaroon

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What about this: Marcaroons...

From ETYMOLOGY Ma-Mak

macaroon - 1611, "small sweet cake consisting largely of ground almonds," from Fr. macaron (16c.), from It. dial. maccarone (see macaroni). Fr. meaning said to have been invented 1552 by Rabelais. The -oon ending was conventional in 15c.-17c. Eng. to add emphasis to borrowings of Fr. nouns ending in stressed -on.

Jorge Stolfi 06:24, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The story I put there, seems to be the most prevalent. But I hadn't been paying much attention to etymology. So it seems probable that macaroons were around before then. I think the "macaroon sisters" is likely true, or at least well enough ingrained in the cultural consciousness that it doesn't matter. Also, it said Rabelais was credited with it? I'm not sure that's terribly likely. He gets credited with an awful lot of things. Rhymeless 08:20, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] From VfD

(kept after update)

Article states that original macaroon made of almond paste is a cookie--it is not according to Food Channel, they call it a pastry. Now coconut macaroon, relatively new invention, is more of a cookie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.244.75 (talk) 20:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Dicdef. RickK 04:03, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I added some history and such, how's that? Rhymeless 05:41, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Much better. Very nice. Keep. --ssd 08:18, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Once substub, now a good article. Well done. Andrewa 09:31, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep - now a decent short article. -- Cyrius|&#9998 16:36, Apr 14, 2004 (UTC)
It's perfect, ignoring it not having a bold title, a definite keep. -- user:zanimum
Keep. Good job, Rhymeless. Cribcage 05:50, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep as rewritten. Psychonaut 14:33, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. BL 08:05, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Potato

The use of potato in Scottish macaroon bars is mentioned in the article as being a myth. However, one only needs to do a google search for "potato macaroon" to find several "traditional" recipies. Moreover, I remember eating them during the 7 years I lived in Scotland and often finding potato listed where lists of ingredients were provided. Regardless of what the proper or original recipie for the Scottish macaroon is, it would seem that the use of potato has in fact become quite common.