A Very Opinionated Lady, Part 2 (Day 536)

II. Macaroons

“When Francis and I went to Paris 

everybody told us you have to 

go to this fancy French bakery 

and try their macaroons—except they 

all said it that funny French way. 

Well, the first day we found the bakery, 

and the macaroons were pretty, even if 

they were probably full of toxic food 

coloring. But, oh! The price! And they 

didn’t even taste like real macaroons!

Not like those good old-fashioned 

ones we have here, you know, the round 

ones, with coconut? My grandmother

absolutely loved those! Well, I don’t know 

what everyone was raving about. 

But far be it from me to complain when 

I’m in a foreign country. So. I just said, 

‘Francis (because I never did like to call 

him Frank, you know), there’s just 

no accounting for taste!’ Funny, though... 

He didn’t seem to mind. He finished 

every one of those cookies.”

(c) 2018, by Hannah Six

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