Oh God. I absolutely LUV eating beignets. Actually even looking at them makes me salivate. Perhaps it’s really a good thing that I don’t live in New Orleans!! If I did, I’d weigh 400 pounds—all of it being beignet weight—okay okay with some rice and tempura and dim sum thrown in.
Here is a blog site with a wonderful wonderful take on the beignet:
http://cozywalls.com/2012/01/23/beignets-in-bourboned-butterscotch/