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Happy second night of Chanukah to those of you who celebrate, Merry almost Christmas, and Happy Holiday's to everyone else!
I have been busy making presents today and will have pictures soon! We are poor but it doesn't mean I can't make some heart felt things for the people I love!
I have also been rethinking me etsy shop. Some questions I have been asking myself is: What do I really like making? What kind of images do I want to put out there in the world? What can I see myself doing and making in a year, in five years, in ten? What do I want to share with people and what do I want them to buy that they will want more of?
I like the name of my shop, love it actually, but I just feel like I need to figure out some core things about what kind of artist I want to be and what I enjoy making (when you enjoy it I feel like it shows through in the work, when it is painful to make or difficult I think you can feel that too).
Onto, the last part of the post. As those of you who have been reading the blog know, I love images. I like eye candy and pretty things, and beautiful images make me happy.
One of the images I love on all of the wedding blogs is this:
Macaroons! They are so pretty and I love the colors and the shapes, and lately I have been seeing this eye candy all over the web.
Now, I have pinned some of these beauties on pinterest and can I admit a secret? I have never eaten one before! I don't even know what they are made of!
So if anyone else has this dirty little secret, this is what I found out in my searches on the web today.
First, I have been calling it a macaroon, most people seem too, but if you look on Wikipedia it is actually spelled Macaron. What I found out is this treasure is a meringue based sweet made with egg white and almond flour. The base of the word is from the Italian word maccherone meaning to crush or beat which is referring to the almond powder.
This sweet is considered primarily a french confection, but the Italians would beg to differ saying the french started making it when Catherine de Medici who married Henry II of France brought over her Italian cooks with her.
Traditional macarons were raspberry and chocolate, but now they come in a variety of flavors and combinations and the fillings can be jam, buttercream, or ganache.
The possibilities of flavors are endless!
I hope if you were uneducated like me about Macarons which Wikepedia said most North Americans consider it synonymous with Macaroons, but most Europeans differentiate, that you learned a little something!
Until tomorrow...I'm off to dream of beautiful pastries,
love,
Jess
Happy second night of Chanukah to those of you who celebrate, Merry almost Christmas, and Happy Holiday's to everyone else!
I have been busy making presents today and will have pictures soon! We are poor but it doesn't mean I can't make some heart felt things for the people I love!
I have also been rethinking me etsy shop. Some questions I have been asking myself is: What do I really like making? What kind of images do I want to put out there in the world? What can I see myself doing and making in a year, in five years, in ten? What do I want to share with people and what do I want them to buy that they will want more of?
I like the name of my shop, love it actually, but I just feel like I need to figure out some core things about what kind of artist I want to be and what I enjoy making (when you enjoy it I feel like it shows through in the work, when it is painful to make or difficult I think you can feel that too).
Onto, the last part of the post. As those of you who have been reading the blog know, I love images. I like eye candy and pretty things, and beautiful images make me happy.
One of the images I love on all of the wedding blogs is this:
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| Image by Simply Photo |
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| La Mie Bakery, Des Moines, Iowa |
So if anyone else has this dirty little secret, this is what I found out in my searches on the web today.
First, I have been calling it a macaroon, most people seem too, but if you look on Wikipedia it is actually spelled Macaron. What I found out is this treasure is a meringue based sweet made with egg white and almond flour. The base of the word is from the Italian word maccherone meaning to crush or beat which is referring to the almond powder.
This sweet is considered primarily a french confection, but the Italians would beg to differ saying the french started making it when Catherine de Medici who married Henry II of France brought over her Italian cooks with her.
Traditional macarons were raspberry and chocolate, but now they come in a variety of flavors and combinations and the fillings can be jam, buttercream, or ganache.
The possibilities of flavors are endless!
I hope if you were uneducated like me about Macarons which Wikepedia said most North Americans consider it synonymous with Macaroons, but most Europeans differentiate, that you learned a little something!
Until tomorrow...I'm off to dream of beautiful pastries,
love,
Jess
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| Found on the blog Mumu, source unknown (if you took it, e-mail me!) |
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