[Sca-cooks] Recipe help...meringue?

[Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Michael Gunter:
>I got an email from a good friend of mine asking about this "cookie" recipe.
>She thinks it's period but isn't sure. It looks like some recipes for things
>like Prince Biskit or Iombals but they tend to use flour or whole eggs.
>
>Having no flour they appear to be some sort of baked meringue but the
>recipe says they are a bit chewy. The after reference seems to indicate
>they are turkish or arabic. Any ideas?

Sounds like a macaroon to me. Commercial ones are often made now with
coconut, but the originals (don't recall if they're period under that
name) are made with almonds.

Adamantius