BC Powders & Beignets

I was taking a BC powder for a headache today and I realized something. I really miss beignets. If you've never had a beignet (pronounced ben - yay), they are French donuts that are really popular in the French Quarter in New Orleans. They are essentially funnel cakes (a southern delicacy found only at traveling fairs) with a lot of powdered sugar on top. The first night I was in New Orleans we did the traditional thing of having beignets and hot chocolate at Cafe Du Monde. They were okay but the best place I had them was two days later: Morning Call in Metairie (pronounced met ah ree). You see Cafe Du Monde puts the powdered sugar on there for you. Morning Call brings out unpowdered beignets and you have this big honkin' powdered sugar shaker on your table where you can put as much as you want on them.

What does this have to do with BC powders you ask? Good question. When you eat beignets, you have to hold your breath. If you breathe in you inhale all the powdered sugar and you die right there. I've seen it happen (almost). If you breathe out while eating a beignet you blow the stuff all over your face and you look like you just got off a 48-hour straight cocaine binge (or so I've been told (-: ). I accidentally sucked down some of the BC powder I was taking today and all I could think about was beignets and how much I missed them. Grace Park is heading down to the coast in the third week in July so maybe I can stop in and get an order. I sure hope Morning Call is still there.