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TIL macarons [1] are also known as macaroons [2]. Where I'm from, macaroons are dense, sweet coconut treats and the French sweets are known as macarons. But fro
by ssl232 3y ago
TIL macarons [1] are also known as macaroons [2]. Where I'm from, macaroons are dense, sweet coconut treats and the French sweets are known as macarons. But from the Wikipedia article I see macaroons mean many different things to many different people.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroon
- cmcconomy 3y agoit messed with my head to hear that the english world interprets an "entrée" as a main course
- ssl232 3y agoAmerican English, but not British. Dinner here is a starter, main course and dessert. "Entrée" messes with my head as well, since it very much sounds like a starter.
- bdsa 3y agoIt's French for starter, even
- KineticLensman 3y ago> Dinner here is a starter, main course and dessert. Yep. Check out the online menus in English restaurants and pubs. 'Mains' is the typical term used.
- dboreham 3y agoDon't even think about "a la mode" then.
- aidenn0 3y agoI speak French, not Italian!
- gonzus 3y agoSwitzerland has the similar Luxemburgerli, which my Swiss friends who reside there (as opposed to me, a Swiss person who lives somewhere else) swear is NOT the same as a macaron... I have never understood the purported differences.
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- demondemidi 3y agoI was just about to complain. Thanks for nipping it in the bud!
- ISV_Damocles 3y agoThis feels relevant to the conversation: https://twitter.com/BigSpiderBack/status/864309383106240512/photo/1 https://twitter.com/BigSpiderBack/status/864309383106240512/...
- enriquto 3y ago> TIL macarons [1] are also known as macaroons [2] Not to forget macarrons! Where I'm from, macarrons [3] is a kind of pasta (penne). [3] https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarrons https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarrons
- madcaptenor 3y agoIn English "macaroni" is a kind of pasta. (I'm being deliberately vague because which pasta it is seems to vary.)
- sph 3y agoAnd the original name for that type of pasta in Italian is "maccheroni" (which are straight tubes, unlike the ones used abroad for "mac and cheese")
- pasc1878 3y agoOr in English macaroni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni
- CoastalCoder 3y ago> Where I'm from, macaroons are dense, sweet coconut treats and the French sweets are known as macarons. Same for me (New England, USA). Both are delicious, but in my dialect they are not the same thing.
- bageler 3y agoThis is not a dialect thing, this is a factual thing. They are different, and anyone that uses macarOOn to mean a sweetly filled meringue sandwich is wrong.
- Nition 3y agoOh funny, I actually came to this comment thread to point out that they'd accidentally used a picture of macarons instead of macaroons in the blog. But I guess not necessarily!