It's Beignet! It's Beignet!!

[ohiosmith]

[malta blue]

1. Yummmmm

:woohoo:

[YankeyMCC]

2. You know

I lived in Biloxi, MS for about 4 months and went to NO a couple of times...never heard of these at all when I was down there and never tried one.

Somehow I managed to miss out big time. ;(

[ohiosmith]

4. You have to get out more.

[CottonBear]

18. How the hell did that happen? Beignets are the food of the gods.

You must have them at Cafe du Monde with cafe au lait. :)

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Had my first beignet when I was 12.

:9 I LOVE them! And pralines... :woohoo:

[mtnester]

6. Pralines - I still have some Aunt Sally's wrapped up

and in a secret place for emergencies of course.

Another box is buried with my mother, who loved them as well. She died unexpectedly a week after we came back from New Orleans the last time...I had a box just for her, so I sent her along with it.

OK, 'scuze me a sec...maybe now is emergency praline time.

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. Wow! Aunt Sally's are wonderful...

And I'm glad your mom took some with her. :hug:

[mtnester]

13. Me too! I bought the ones she took specifically for her

I remember saying - oh GOD Mom will be so happy to get these...once we got back we had our pool liner replaced the next day, and then she had a dentist appointment then her and Dad took off for a couple of days, so I never spoke to her except on the phone...so I did not see her before she died to give them to her. SO, off to heaven they went with her!

[Kajsa]

5. OMG, do those look good!

But, man, do they have a load of powdered
sugar heaped on them!!

Yumm---

:9

[mtnester]

7. Light colored clothing when eating there is key

to enjoying the experience.

[petronius]

22. The first time I ate them was on a bench in Jackson Square -

the place looked like a snow-storm had hit by the time I was through! Eventually I got the knack of it - learning not to breathe out while biting was a help...

[Bassic]

8. That's weird.

Beignet means doughnut. Those aint doughnuts. Although they look like they might be made of the same stuff.

[mtnester]

10. Pssst...they are kind of like chunks of elephant ears with lots of

powdered sugar on them, served warm, with caffee au lait

[Bassic]

14. Yeah, but what are they made of? nt

[mtnester]

16. Fried dough of course

[Bassic]

17. Ah so they are doughnuts!

Their name is therefore correct :D

[mtnester]

19. Yes indeedy! They just have a different shape to them

Messy too...but tasty

[Bassic]

20. Yes, they certainly look it.

Now I'm hungry. :(

[Bassic]

12. Wrong reply

[CottonBear]

21. They are most certainly doughnuts: the best doughnuts ever! n/t

[GalleryGod]

9. A dozen please !

:crazy: :bounce: :crazy:

[asthmaticeog]

15. The most brilliant things ever!

Last time I was in NOLA, it was for only 3 days, but I ate at Du Monde 5 times. SUPERSUGARBUZZ!