[MR] What, pray tell, are beignets?

[Hank Harwell]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:38:05 -0400 "Towey, Brian"
<cbt4489 at glaxowellcome.com> writes:

>         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?

The Celtic origins caught my attention...

Brother Cleireac of Inisliath

Do not be afraid, for we have God as our guide and helper.  God will
guide us as God pleases.
-- St. Brendan
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