How do you want your grandkids to remember you? (years, grandmother, best)
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If it weren't for my grandparents, I would have never survived to age 16 (I lived with them cuz my parents did not like kids at ALL).
It will be adequate to 'be there' for any future grandkids I may acquire. (Mine or others)
Doing 'normal' stuff is nice for grandparents to provide for kids. We spent every Saturday doing projects for widows / elderly. I recently showed my spouse a set of concrete steps / ramp I helped to form and pour (50 yrs ago). Still functioning well!
Original poster here. We spent today with the grandkids and I put the question to them. How will they remember me? As someone WHO LOVES CHOCOLATE! lol I didn't know they were paying attention.
I don't worry about it. I barely remember most of mine, as they all died before I reached adulthood, so I doubt that they'll remember much of me. Grandparents don't fill that big a role in most kids lives. Mine are over 1000 miles away and we see them for a few days twice a year. I don't live my life in my senior years through my grandchildren. I live my own life, and I intend to keep on making it matter.
Grandparents don't fill that big a role in most kids lives.
Speak for yourself. Many of us are a large part of our grandkids lives and see them frequently. I see mine every weekend and sometimes during the week depending on what's going on.
As I am reading this I am lying in bed listening to my 6 year old grandaughter snoring. She decided she wanted a sleepover with Grammy. Last weekend it was my 8 year old grandson who came down to my room around 11pm because he didn't want to be alone. I want to be remembered as the grandparent who had time for them when they needed it. The special person who makes them feel safe and loved unconditionally. Just like my Grandmother did for me.
Maybe a French macaron instead of jawbreakers or sourpatch slurpees
You mean macaroon, right? According to the dictionary they're made from almonds. But the ones I had were always made from coconut. Or are they two different words? Where I find them most is in Chinese restaurants. Are they two different words for two different things found on the opposite ends of the Earth?
You mean macaroon, right? According to the dictionary they're made from almonds. But the ones I had were always made from coconut. Or are they two different words? Where I find them most is in Chinese restaurants. Are they two different words for two different things found on the opposite ends of the Earth?
No, I mean 'macaron'. But thank you for making another point for me. I don't want to be that teachery grandma, always correcting, always second guessing.
You mean macaroon, right? According to the dictionary they're made from almonds. But the ones I had were always made from coconut. Or are they two different words?
Macaroon and macaron are two different kinds of cookies but with a linked past
Macaroons can trace their story back to Italy, where the flourless and unleavened cookies were originally made with almond paste (in Italian, these cookies are called amaretti). Then two factions developed: some inventive bakers swapped in shredded coconut for the almond paste and others tried making it with ground almonds (finely ground into flour). The coconut version became really popular with the European Jewish community — the cookie was a perfect treat for Passover because it was unleavened. The version made with ground almonds (spelled macaron in French) was developed in the French court by chefs that the king’s Italian wife, Catherine de Medici, brought from Italy.
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When you break down the parts of the recipe, it’s basically the same for both: egg whites, sugar and either ground almonds or shredded coconut. But when you bake both versions and compare them, they are completely different. So now your most difficult decision is which to eat: Do you prefer the chewy coconut macaroons or the crispy meringue-like French macaron?
I prefer the French almond macarons over the coconut macaroons.
I think I will try this chocolate filled almond macarons recipe someday
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