On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:49:43 +0100, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 22/05/2021 20:28, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:07:47 +0100, S Viemeister
>>> 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.
>>
>> I loved those chestnuts.
>>
>My sense memory just kicked in - I can smell them now.


The first time I had some was right by Radio City Music Hall waiting
for their Christmas show (my first and last time at that - I howled
with laughter because they had real camels but a plastic Baby Jesus)