[Sca-cooks] celtic// beignet

[johnna holloway]

Olwen--
Do you have any idea as to
what the source is for the definition that
includes the "Celtic" origin listed below
in your original post?  If you'll post it
or send it to me, I'll do some more libarian
sleuthing. Thanks.

> Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway
>
> Olwen the Odd wrote:>
> > >         beignet
> > >         SYLLABICATION: bei·gnet
> > >         VARIANT FORMS: also bei·gné
> > >         NOUN: (Southern Louisiana) 1. A square doughnut with no
> > >hole: "a New
> > >Orleans coffeehouse selling beignets, an insidious Louisianian
> > >cousin of the
> > >doughnut that exists to get powdered sugar on your face" (Los
> > >Angeles
> > >Times). 2. A fritter.
> > >         ETYMOLOGY: French, fritter, of Celtic origin>
> > So are there any Celtic scholars who can share what the original root
> > that later became beignets?>
> > This is a topic of discussion on the Merry Rose.  I too was interested as I
> > cann't figure out the connection between the french and the celts busides
> > kissing cousins.> Olwen