On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 9:36:38 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> I've just finished baking a batch of Parisian-style macarons. I've made
> them several times before with excellent results but today they were an
> absolute mess.
> The Italian meringue didn't "come together" properly and in the oven
> they spread out into odd shapes and joined their neighbours rather than
> rise with perfect "feet".
> They are only fit for crumbling up and sprinkling on icecream.
> I don't think I'll risk any more baking projects today, as I had planned
> to make cookies and tarts.
> Graham

I can no longer make mayo. It used to be easy to whip up a batch but about the turn of the century, my mayo would no longer set. My guess is that I have unknowingly offended a band of gypsies or a coven of witches. I have be cursed/hexed. It's the only logical explanation. God help you if a second batch of macarons fails.