(I Want Macaroons!)So far this ...

[jbsegal]

(I Want Macaroons!)So far this passover season, I've found ONE can of macaroons. This is wrong and bad. Sigh.

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[veek.livejournal.com]

I dunno if "found" implies an easter-egg-hunt-type game, but if you're looking to purchase, Whole Foods sells excellent macaroons. I'm also fond of their chocolate macaroons.

Well. I don't know if "fond" is quite the right word. "Will devour any in sight," more like.

[bluepapercup]

Wild Oats also makes excellent macaroons. I bought four packages and by Wednesday there were only two macaroons left.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

those chocolate ones were really excellent!

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[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Are they pesadik macaroons? If I were really uptight, I wouldn't eat them, as they're probably being made in a non-kashered bakery...

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

(...which implies that I'm not that uptight, but Joanne is, so it remains an open question...)

[veek.livejournal.com]

Dunno: I don't keep kosher. You'd have to look at the packaging!

[bluepapercup]

If you looking for them, Heidi (my housemate and confessed macaroon fiend) said she got them at Star.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Which Star? Porter? I couldn't find an empty shelf space where they used to be, let alone any to buy.

[feoh.livejournal.com]

Trying to shop at the Porter Square Star in any sort of mission oriented way is a recipe for disaster. They are almost guaranteed to not have any given specialty item you're looking for when you're looking for it.

In fact they seem to specialize in this :)

I think they know just how damnably convenient they are for zillions of people who live within a 15min walk on foot and as such aren't particularly worried about satisfying people's specific needs.

(For me it's Rossoff pickles, the only commercially sold whole dills I've found that are really fresh and really crisp)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Macaroons are really easy to make. Egg whites and sugar until foamy, fold in coconut, bake until golden around edges.

Quantities? Um. Well. If you want a LOT of them, it's 8 egg whites, 2 c. sugar, and 4 c. coconut, plus a couple of tablespoons of vanilla extract. Adjust as necessary.

The really easy way to do this is to spread the goo into the bottom of a jelly roll pan. Then you get macaroon squares when you're done.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

I was about to say "you're kidding, right? We're awash in them!" but then I realized that's not, actually true - that was last year. I've not seen any this year, their place on the Passover goodie table at the coop (where I usually buy them) was taken by kosher tunafish.
There's a macaroon shortage!!!!!!!!!

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

Make some for tomorrow? :)

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Macaroons, schmackaroons! EVERYONE is sold out of matzah meal. So much for my passover cobbler for tomorrow.

Argh! Don't these people know Pesach lasts for EIGHT DAYS?!?

[magid.livejournal.com]

I have an extra box of matzah meal if you want it.

[missionista.livejournal.com]

May I recommend homemade macaroons? Not everyone can be out of egg whites, coconuts and almonds. Homemade are WAY better than store bought (and yes, I do like the store bought, but still...)

[onespiceybbw.livejournal.com]

i must be under-educated. i thought macaroons had flour in them?

[dianala.livejournal.com]

I was at the grocery store here in the greater Seattle area, and they had 3 cans of the kosher almond macaroons left.

Bought one. If that's the kind you like, send me your address and I'll ship them out to you.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

YAY! (Sorry for the delay getting back to you...)
I'll see if I can figure out an email addr for you...I think I can get one out of a list file someplace...if you don't have mail from me in 15m, send me some?)