[Sca-cooks] celtic// beignet

[Elaine Koogler]

I just received a lovely coffee-table type Provençal cookbook as a gift.  I'm
not sure how authoritative it is, but it looks pretty good.  At any rate, it
does have a couple of recipes for fritters, and the French word used is
beignet.

Kiri

johnna holloway wrote:

> The Americxan Heritage 3rd online gives
> a supplemental note that reads under
> beignet
> Etymology:
> French [fritter] [of Celtic origin] New Orleans, Louisiana,
>  has been a rich contributor of French loan words and local
> expressions to American English. One variety of speech
> in this city is so distinctive that it has a name: yat.
> Many of the words, such as beignet, café au lait, faubourg,
> lagniappe, and krewe, reflect the
> and culture characterizing this city and much of southern
> Louisiana. Other words reflect distinctive physical
> characteristics of the city:
> banquette, a raised sidewalk, and camelback and shotgun,
> distinctive architectural styles found among New Orleans houses.
>
> Fritter is given as Etymology:
> Middle English friture from Old French from Late Latin
> frictura from Latin frictus; past participle of frigere [to roast, fry]
>
> So now we have beignet as reflecting New World French cuisine...
> I am beginning to think that the source to look at would be
> DARE or Dictionary of American Regional English which will
> require a trip into town and central campus.
>
> Johnna Holloway  Johnnae llyn Lewis
>
> "Decker, Terry D." wrote:>
> > I don't know Olwen's source, but the entry is similar to that of The
> > American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition from
> > Houghton Mifflin Co.> Bear
> >
> > 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
> > > > >         ETYMOLOGY: French, fritter, of Celtic origin>
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