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Ha. Sifty gets around - and the ladies can't take their eyes off him - of course.

Sifty - the smooth operator!

mmm... beignets!

*Quality! ...if I could.

Somehow I always though Pigeon was a little taller in real life.

*quality

Haha. Great!

That's pretty neat. I've bought Cafe Du Monde coffee on a few occasions to make Vietnamese coffee (Cà phê sữa đá), which of course originated with the French.

Even weirder, I've bought Cà phê sữa đá on occasion to make Cafe Du Monde. What a crazy mixed up world!

I have spent several afternoons at Cafe du Monde enjoying the chicory coffee and beignets. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

/runs off to wiki for verification, presuming "beignets" is the other French word for "donuts"...

Here's an explanation of the origin of beignets from the Cafe du Monde site:

http://www.cafedumonde.com/beignet.html

And here's some history:

http://www.cafedumonde.com/history.html

And some other locations besides the original one:

http://www.cafedumonde.com/locations.html


Out in Metairie there is another place called Morning Call that has its own history including beignets:

http://www.morningcallcoffeestand.com/html/history.html