The Surprise of Beignets: A Taste of Childhood in Jiangnan?
Does anyone else get it? đ„Č Eating beignets in New Orleans felt weirdly, deeply familiar â and not just because theyâre fried dough. Wait, isnât this just like the âsugar-coated fried dough twistsâ I used to buy from the breakfast cart downstairs before school every morning in Jiangnan? And honestly, I havenât seen that snack at breakfast stalls in years... Though beignets are made from wheat flour instead of glutinous rice flour, giving them a fluffier texture similar to fried bread sticks, that crispy outside, soft and steaming inside, plus the familiar âlethal doseâ of powdered sugar instantly blasted me back to a Nanjing morning over a decade ago. đ©âš Itâs like beignets are the French-diaspora version of sugar-glazed fried dough: âBro, did you copy my homework?â đ #NewOrleansFood #Beignets #FoodMemory #ChildhoodFlavors #NostalgiaEats #JiangnanBreakfast
