[MR] What, pray tell, are beignets?

[Brett W. McCoy]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Lisa and Ken Theriot wrote:

> Istvan wrote:
>
> [whereas beignet is from the early 1800s]
>
> Perhaps in English.  In French, it originally means "little hump" and
> appears in Old French as <buignet> in 1152.  By 1272 the spelling of the
> word <buigne> 'boss, hump' had changed to <beigne>, and accordingly
> <buignet> became <beignet>.

But the question is, was the term used for the same thing (a tasty, square
doughnut like confection)?

-- Istvan
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