What to buy in France and Britain? French Macaroons! And British Chocolates.

 French Macaroons

What can you buy in France? Macaroons. For yourself. To take home as a gift. 

They are a French speciality. They have whole shops devoted to macaroons. One is in Gare du Nord.

See different colours. Cheaper than chocolates. Cheaper than other countries. More varieties. More sizes.

You can get them packed in pretty boxes. If they are a gift, tell the shop. Staff will usually wrap them in a fancy paper or box with a ribbon bearing the shop name. For free.

Storage

We chose pink and green and purply brown. We kept some too long. In a fridge. They did not go mouldy. On the contrary, lacking moisture, rock hard. They lose their flavour eventually, so don't save them too long. Eat them whilst they are fresh and tangy\ . 

Macaroons are popular worldwide.

British Macaroons

Macaroons are a big thing in Britain. Literally big.

Giant chocolate macaroons from Mrs Crimble. Currently (April 2024) reduced to one pound in Waitrose. Big enough to break in two and share as a snack with your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

Tesco also supply a box of assorted macaroons costing under five pounds sterling.

If you are prepared to spend more, for a special occasion, or gift, you can also get macaroons from French sounding British brand, Hotel Chocolat, not only chocolate. I was not thrilled by their macaroon, in their box, which was macaroon circular sandwich shape in contrasting colours but chocolate rather than macaroon in my opinion, but every other chocolate in their box was delicious. I recommend their chocolates.

If you are in France, or looking for French food and drink, to match a French theme event, such as Bastille day July 4th, 2024 and every year, in 2024 on a Sunday, there's Perrier Water.

Perrier from Wikipedia.

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Bastille day.

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