Food Writing Errors
12-04-2021, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
Tropit ... sorry about the misunderstanding. The way I read your post, I took it that you were saying the descriptions were wrong for macarons and macaroons.
"Real" macaroons I love, but the faux ones that were made with condensed milk, then baked were always just way too sweet and icky for me. Macarons, I have never had. Not sure I would like them, because of the crusty-ness and sweetness from the meringue base.
As for the wrong definitions ... sometimes the differences in our food names/descriptions are because of the regional differences that foods take on. Of course, I can't think of examples.
I guess a seasonal one, right now, might be stuffing and dressing. To me they are one and the same, but I know for some, they mean different things.
"Real" macaroons I love, but the faux ones that were made with condensed milk, then baked were always just way too sweet and icky for me. Macarons, I have never had. Not sure I would like them, because of the crusty-ness and sweetness from the meringue base.
As for the wrong definitions ... sometimes the differences in our food names/descriptions are because of the regional differences that foods take on. Of course, I can't think of examples.
I guess a seasonal one, right now, might be stuffing and dressing. To me they are one and the same, but I know for some, they mean different things.
12-05-2021, 07:11 AM
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lots can go wrong with recipes. I have some that say...add 5 cents of coconut, and 7 cents of cream. Yikes. would help if the writer also listed the year. My mom's relish recipe says things like 5 cucumbers, 6 onions ? Size please or better a cut up measurement. And my personal favorite. "cook until done" No temp, no time! I am not the cook my mom was!!!
