"How to dine like a local in New Orleans" by Alan Behr.
"It was not until I arrived at Cafe Du Mond that I realized you now have to stand in line to get your beignets and coffee with chicory. The beignet -- a puffy, fried doughnut swimming in powdered sugar -- has been a New Orleans tradition since the city was French.
"Cutting Columbian coffee with chicory has been a New Orleans practice since the Union blockade during the Civil War made it a necessity."
Well, considering that the city fell in April 1862, it wasn't long under the Union blockade. But, it does make for an interesting jolt in your coffee.
Those Beignets and Chicory Coffee. Mighty Good!! --Old Secesh
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