Comments on: Coconut macaroons revisited

By: ellaella

ellaella — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:30:08 +0000

Oh, I think it’s a wonderful cookbook, tess. It taught me how to freeze latkes, which we both love and I do make, but with the heresy of the processor.

I’ve eaten Jewish food all my life since I’ve always lived in and around diverse big cities until moving to New England, which I have come to absolutely detest. I hadn’t gotten into cooking it, although I baked a lot of things. I have a post here you might enjoy called Holidays with Joan Nathan with a link to a discussion with her in blog comments at the Times. Rosh Hashana is the focus but others are touched upon too.

By: tess

tess — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:49:46 +0000

Hi Janet Ching! This recipe looks so much good!!! The sedars I have been to, the coconut macaroons are usually purchased, (or catered), and I suppose my teeth have issues with coconut bits caught in my teeth... tess’s last blog post..Grilled Miso Marinated Salmon

By: tess

tess — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:05:26 +0000

LOL. Hey, it was/might still be a great cookbook for learning about Eastern European Jewish cooking for a newcomer. I grew up in the UP where there were no ethnic cultures except Finns, Pols, Swedes (included other Scandinavians), French, and "Indians" now called native Americans. (I think that Joan Nathan's book has been revised a bit over the years?) My husband cooks too. But he is a very-much-follow the recipe (formula) sort of cook and he is surprisingly unfamiliar with Kosher for Passover. His mother married a non-practicing Catholic, and she was a sort of "lost sheep" among her, now that she is dead, ever more orthodox family. tess’s last blog post..Grilled Miso Marinated Salmon

By: ellaella

ellaella — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:43:14 +0000

Oh, do try them Janet. I was able to make them when I still couldn’t cook at all or bake very much. I like that they’re not full of coconut like haystacks, just little bites of sugary air. (And I overlook the sugar in exchange for fat-free!)

By: ellaella

ellaella — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:31:01 +0000

I have that cookbook, Tess, and just looked at the macaroons recipe. I just might try the hazlenut variation and drizzle them with chocolate, if time allows. With Easter and Passover coinciding again this year (as they should every year, imo) it’s an awful lot of preparation for big meals. Thanks for the tip!

When he wants his mother’s food, he cooks it. He’s an excellent cook and when it’s not quite like mom’s, he can’t blame me.