On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:25:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>"JE Anderson" > wrote in
>news:%5HMb.72774$JQ1.12281@pd7tw1no:
>
>> Hi all, a question occurred to me as I was reading the St. Macaroon
>> thread. I grew up calling a sweet mixture of coconut, sugar, vanilla
>> and egg white mounded into a cookie shape and baked/dried in a very
>> slow oven a Macaroon. I was only introduced to the almond macaroon
>> about 10 years ago.
>>
>> My question is: Is the coconut macaroon a Canadian or Western
>> Canadianism or did others grow up with the same definition of
>> macaroon?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for slaking my curiosity! ;-)
>>
>> Janet
>
>I also grew up with the same coconut macaroon type that you described, and
>was introduced to the crisp almond macaroon years later. Without doing
>some research, I don't know the origin of either, however that coconut
>macaroon was a kitchen staple in many US homes from early in the last
>century through, probably, the 1960s. I still like them.
>
>Wayne

The coconut macaroon is very common in Australia as well, with recipes
in many cookbooks dating back to the 60s and probably further, for all
I know. They're a favourite of mine, too.
CJ