French Macaron Recipe Ingredients. This recipe uses metric cups where 1 cup=250mL (8.45 fluid ounces). The US cup measurements are also provided To help those using US cups where 1 cup=236mL (7.98 fluid ounces). As Macarons require a great balance in ingredients it is important to stick to the cup measurements used in your area. 1 1/2 cups or 230g (8.11 ounces) pure icing sugar [US cups: 1 1/2 cups plus 4 tsp] .
The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'.
The Vikings were one of history's great maritime peoples & voyaged to a lot of places, including into Russia, the Mediterranean & even to North America. But as settleme â¦ nts, excluding Iceland, certainly the most famous place they first settled was Normandy in Northern France. The name means Land of the Norseman or Land of the North People (Vikings).