Marron glacé that a "marron glacé" is a confit marron that is covered in caramel. The 1767 book "L'agronome, ou dictionnaire portatif du cultivateur" claimed that the best marrons came from the Dauphiné region in southeastern France, and contained instructions for preparing marron glacés. Chestnuts are covered with a membrane, known as a pellicle or episperm, which closely adheres to the fruit's flesh and must be removed because of its astringency. Marron nuts have a pellicle which is "superficially attached to the nut", making it easily removable from the fruit. Some chestnuts have two cotyledons usually separated with deep grooves penetrating nearly
Loretta Marron Medical Association and of the Australian Integrative Medicine Association, opposed Marron's call to stop universities from teaching unproven methods. She argued that these treatments are already part of mainstream society. "There is a consumer-led movement ... people are looking for different ways to manage their illnesses", she said. She called Friends of Science in Medicine an "ultra-conservative" force with "an alarming and far-reaching agenda". However, she conceded that "if natural therapies are found to be ineffective or dangerous, they should also be eliminated from the market". Loretta Marron Loretta Josephine Marron, OAM (born 16 October 1951) is the Chief Executive