Beat to a stiff froth the whites of six eggs, and then beat into
it very hard a pound of powdered loaf-sugar. Mix with it a pound
of grated cocoa-nut, or sufficient to make a stiff paste. Then
flour your hands, and make it up into little balls. Lay them on
sheets of buttered white paper, and bake them in a brisk oven;
first grating loaf-sugar over each. They will be done in a few
minutes. Maccaroons may be made in a similar manner of pounded
cream-nuts, ground-nuts, filberts, or English walnuts.