Louise Norton writes:
"Hello to all, have been lurking but need your help. I am looking for a
recipe for a deep fat fried sweet bread..it is cut into rectangles and
then the end is turned in to give it a twist..I think it might be
Mexican in origin but do not know..after cooking it is dusted with
sugar... do any of you know what I am talking about.. Thanks, Louise"
I don't know about the rest of you out there, but this sounds
suspiciously like the beignets that I used to gobble up at Cafe du Monde
when I lived in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I think that they
are beignets with a Mexican "twist." Find a beignet recipe, Louise, and
twist the rectangles just before you drop them into the oil. Dusting
with a cinnamon and sugar mixture might just make them Mexican.
Bob the Tarheel Baker