Coconut Macaroons

as in all of those that were eaten, all sixty of them in the first half hour of a mad Hatter's Tea-party. A wonton display of piggishness.

One recipe makes thirty. If you double it it will make sixty and if you triple it you may get to eat some yourself.
be careful if you triple it, I found even my biggest bowl was too small.

2 eggs separated
(one of my eggs got muddled and it still worked)
pinch salt ( I always forget it)
3/4 cup of castor sugar
3 cups of coconut.
( which is equal to a big 250 gm bag - as I recall)

preheat the oven to 180 c or 360 F
beat the egg whites until they are stiff or until you are bored with the situation.
add one egg yolk at a time and keep beating.
( I always tip them all in at once and as I whistle I look around to make sure no-one is watching)
throw in the sugar whilst continuing to beat
(this does get a bit tedious and I have thought about one of those large mixers that you don't have to hold but the bench already has too many whitegoods on it)
fold in the coconut.
place in spoonfuls onto expensive baking paper
( or they will be extremely difficult to remove)
10 - 15 -20 minutes or till they begin to brown.