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bethyb posted a photo:
...since my daddy passed away. A year today. I can't believe it. And because we only saw each other once or twice a year, it doesn't seem real. I just feel like it's that time of year again, and we should be meeting up.
This was taken the last time we saw each other for fun, August 2005 in New Orleans. Oddly enough, just before Katrina. We're having beignets and coffee at Cafe du Monde.
I'd just really love to call him today. If you still have your dad, give him a call for me to say hi.
PS Thinking of everyone in New Orleans, as well. I love that damn city.
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"Beignets were brought to Louisana by the Acadians. The Acadians were descendants of approximately 100 French families who settled along the shores of the Baie Francaise (now the Bay of Fundy) in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during the 17th century.
After some turmoil in Nova Scotia, several of these families migrated to an area in what is now Louisiana. These people, and this culture, became known as Cajun ... a derivation of the word Acadian.
They, of course, brought with them many of the French foods, customs, heritage and traditions they had known in the "old country."
One of those "old country" French foods was a fried fritter sometimes filled with fruit that they called a beignet. Today, the beignet is a fried piece of dough, fried and sprinkled with powered sugar. At Cafe Du Monde they are generally served in threes along with a steaming cup of cafe' au lait, a mixture of 1/2 hot coffee, 1/2 hot milk.
Now, coffee is another food which was first introduced to North America by way of New Orleans in the mid 1700s. Coffee had been cultivated in Martinique in the early 1700s and the French brought it along with them as they began to settle new colonies along the Mississippi.
Back in the "old country", the French mixed chicory with their coffee to soften the bitter taste of dark roasted coffee. Chicory is the root of the endive plant and when it is roasted it can be ground just like coffee beans. The mixture of chicory with the coffee adds an almost chocolate flavor to the coffee.
The Acadians from Nova Scotia brought this mixture of coffee and chicory with them when they settled in Louisiana.
The beignet has been a staple of New Orleans cuisine for decades, but it hasn't yet enjoyed widespread consumption. In fact, it is a major challenge to find beignets for purchase outside Louisiana. There are several places around the U.S. that sell beignets, however they are specialty stores that are only located in major cities and have small selections of these baked treats.
Absolutely the best way to enjoy a beignet is to travel to New Orleans and go to a local bakery which sells them. The most famous one being the Cafe Du Monde where they are served with another tradition -- cafe au lait.
The combination of beignets and sweet coffee is as delightful as it is filling. The beignet is deceiving in its looks as a light pastry; it is actually sweet bread that can fill you up in no time at all. The beignet is a world famous pastry with little sales outlets outside of New Orleans, so it should be a must on anyone's to-do list when visiting New Orleans."
excerpt taken from Street Directory "The Bayou Doughnut"
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