[MR] What, pray tell, are beignets?

[Craig Levin]

Charles Fleming:

> In any case, Merriam-Webster would cite the first use in English.  The
> better question would be: when was sopaipa first used in Spanish? 

Give Do{n~}a Violante or me a little time, and we could find out.
Sopa is Castilian for soup, these days, BTW.

> And, to my mind, a better question still is where one can buy fresh beignets
> or sopaipillas here in Atlantia.  This discussion is making me hungry!

Beignets-I can't help you there. Sopaipillas, though, are
commonly available in DC Mexican restaurants; either that, or my
choice of eateries is pretty upscale...

Pedro

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