On Sat, 22 May 2021 14:53:46 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Sat, 22 May 2021 14:22:40 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 22 May 2021 09:35:48 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:
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>>>On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 5:08:01 AM UTC-10, 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.
>>>
>>>My guess is that these are different from NYC street vendor sweet potatoes. They're quite different from any baked potatoes I've ever had. Oddly enough, they taste like pumpkin pie. The Japan store Don Quijote, bought our local supermarket and these carts appeared in the store one day. Ha ha, that's just so weird. They are kind of expensive at 2 for $5 but I'm gonna get me some when I go food shopping.
>>>https://tokyocheapo.com/food-and-dri...-sweet-potato/
>>
>>I started living in NYC in 1971. No one was selling sweet potatoes
>>from carts.
>
>You must be partially blind. There was a period when it was more
>difficult to obtain street vender permits but those permits never
>ceased and still today are very readily available for selling most
>products. Granted that there have been times when baked sweet
>potatoes were not in demand but they've always been sold and still
>today. Baked sweet potatoes were mostly in demand by children during
>the pre '60s but that was when fast food rocketed, but still today
>baked sweet potatoes and many other healthful foods are hawked by
>street venders. Baked sweet potatoes are a very nutritious/healthful
>food however the garbage from fast food venders competed mightily and
>so have pushed the street food venders out of business. I only wish I
>could still buy a healthful kasha k'nish for a quarter but that will
>never return. The powerfully wealthy fast food machine put a lot of
>healthful affordable food sellers out of business. I say boycott fast
>food and live healthier and longer. Bring back the Automat, a highly
>nutritious meal for pennies. The Automats actually fed the homeless,
>and fed them well.
>Elgar hasn't a clue about reality.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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