On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:38:19 GMT, "JE Anderson" >
wrote:

>My question is: Is the coconut macaroon a Canadian or Western Canadianism
>or did others grow up with the same definition of macaroon?

Kokosmakroner is a very old cake in Norway at least. But there are
several varieties of "makroner" too. But, from Italy we also have
"makaroni", but that is something very different, a kind of pasta, and
not sweet at all.