On 22/05/2021 16:36, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 11:08:01 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 May 2021 di1wrote:
>>>
>>> I had a roasted sweet potato the other day.
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
>>
>> You can buy them from street venders all over NYC. They have push
>> carts with a coal stove and a pile of sweet potatoes... there they are
>> called "baked". They are sold during the cold months and are kept in
>> pockets as hand warmers.
>
> Oh, look. It's still 1947 in Sheldon's World.
>
> <https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/20/archives/westchester-weekly-how-sweet-it-was-the-potato-cart-of-yore.html>
>
I spent quite a bit of time in NYC studying at AADA, and although hot
chestnut, pretzel, and hotdog vendors were common, I never saw a hot
sweet potato vendor. Now I know why. There weren't any.