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Originally Posted by duo797
I think you may be talking about a macaroon and not maroon. I'm not familiar with the nut, but I've heard of it. Maroon is a shade of purple. It could be a maroon, but I've just never heard of a nut named maroon.
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A 'macaroon' isn't a nut either. He means "marron', which is the French for sweet chestnut. Chocolatier and patisserie produce in Japan all mostly stem from the French tradition, hence why their using the French word not the English or their own Japanese word for it.