On Sat, 22 May 2021 09:39:34 -0700, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> Do you detect any of the usual pumpkin pie spices?
> Nutmeg, clove, ginger, cinnamon?

These all have a fairly-pronounced aroma, together making up the dreaded
'pumpkin pie' taste.

Pronounced enough that in even minor concentrations, a lot of people
would be hard-pressed to determine if the base is pumpkin (or as has been
pointed out here, more often butternut squash) or if the base is sweet
potato.

On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:

> I've never been to NYC

I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.

My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/22/2021 2:22 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 09:35:48 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
> They used to until 1970 when the Roasted Chestnut coalition forced
> them out.* Thousands of sweet potato carts were abandoned, some
> dumped in the East River.* It was quite a battle for years.

Then the final blow came in 1980. The great coal shortage. Street
vendors couldn't get coal to fire their portable cart ovens.

By 1991, even the US navy stopped buying hot potatoes for the
troops to warm their hands at the famous brooklyn navy yard. It was
all over.

On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 2:49:24 PM UTC-10, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > I've never been to NYC
>
> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>
> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.

Come to think of it, I went through New York state once on the way to Europe. We might have gone through there again on the way back but I have no recollection of that. The Big Apple's JFK airport did not leave a good impression . It looked worn down and archaic to me. It looked like something from the 60's. Mostly, I spent my time looking for a NYC deli sandwich in the airport. Ha ha, how naive of me.
Of course that was nothing compared to the ordeal you had to go through. That sounds like having to drive through Waikiki 10 times or so i.e., unimaginably painful.

On Sat, 22 May 2021 17:02:36 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-05-22 3:29 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 15:01:43 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>
>>> Healthy foods. "Healthful" is for soy boys.
>>
>> Healthy foods are for the uneducated... Canucks are highly uneducated.
>>
>
>A more educated Merkin would have seen that was written by nymshifting
>attention Dutchboy troll.

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relevant. He could simply decide not to be a trolling dick and his
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On Sat, 22 May 2021 18:44:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 5/22/2021 2:22 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 09:35:48 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
>They used to until 1970 when the Roasted Chestnut coalition forced them
>out. Thousands of sweet potato carts were abandoned, some dumped in the
>East River. It was quite a battle for years.

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On Sat, 22 May 2021 18:45:01 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 2:49:24 PM UTC-10, Mike Duffy wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> > I've never been to NYC
>>
>> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>>
>> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.
>
>Come to think of it, I went through New York state once on the way to Europe. We might have gone through there again on the way back but I have no recollection of that. The Big Apple's JFK airport did not leave a good impression . It looked worn down and archaic to me. It looked like something from the 60's. Mostly, I spent my time looking for a NYC deli sandwich in the airport. Ha ha, how naive of me.
>Of course that was nothing compared to the ordeal you had to go through. That sounds like having to drive through Waikiki 10 times or so i.e., unimaginably painful.

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On Sat, 22 May 2021 19:23:16 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sat, 22 May 2021 18:44:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 5/22/2021 2:22 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 09:35:48 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>>They used to until 1970 when the Roasted Chestnut coalition forced them
>>out. Thousands of sweet potato carts were abandoned, some dumped in the
>>East River. It was quite a battle for years.
>
>Bravo, sir!

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On Sat, 22 May 2021 18:35:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 5/22/2021 1:25 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>>
>> Canned pumpkin tastes like canned sweet potato because they are both
>> actally canned butternut squash. Pumpkin for butternut squash is
>> legal because they are botanically the same. Fresh pumpkin contains
>> too much water for making pie filling and sweet potato is too dry for
>> pie filling... butternut squash flesh is just right for either.
>>
>
>Dickinson squash/ Same family
>
>https://www.motherearthgardener.com/...in-zmaz12fzfol
>
>When Elijah Dickinson moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1835, he didn’t
>know he was carrying with him the seeds of a billion-dollar pumpkin, one
>of the most valuable heirloom vegetable crops in history. Yet the
>pumpkin which finds its way into most pumpkin pies today is not really a
>pumpkin.

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On 23/05/2021 00:17, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 21:21:52 +0100, S Viemeister
>> On 22/05/2021 21:14, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:49:43 +0100, S Viemeister
>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>> 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)
>> I've only been there once - for a movie, followed by the stage show. Saw
>> the movie, but the place was evacuated before the stage show, due to a
>> smoky fire somewhere in the building.
>
> It is a great place to see movies- well except for that time all the
> mice were marching around the balcony.....
>
Eeek!

On Sun, 23 May 2021 07:28:59 +0100, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 23/05/2021 00:17, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 21:21:52 +0100, S Viemeister
>>> On 22/05/2021 21:14, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:49:43 +0100, S Viemeister
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>>>> 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)
>>> I've only been there once - for a movie, followed by the stage show. Saw
>>> the movie, but the place was evacuated before the stage show, due to a
>>> smoky fire somewhere in the building.
>>
>> It is a great place to see movies- well except for that time all the
>> mice were marching around the balcony.....
>>
>Eeek!
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Mike Duffy wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> Do you detect any of the usual pumpkin pie spices?
>> Nutmeg, clove, ginger, cinnamon?
>
> These all have a fairly-pronounced aroma, together making up the dreaded
> 'pumpkin pie' taste.
>
> Pronounced enough that in even minor concentrations, a lot of people
> would be hard-pressed to determine if the base is pumpkin (or as has been
> pointed out here, more often butternut squash) or if the base is sweet
> potato.

Very similar taste. I make sweet potato pies in the fall when they are
locally harvested. Easy to do and taste delicious.

Lately I've thought about an experiment. A carrot pie. 2 cups cooked and
mashed then same exact recipe as pumpkin or sweet potato. This might
work. I haven't googled this yet.

On Sun, 23 May 2021 00:49:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I've never been to NYC
>
>I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.

Yoose faggoty joisyites would never survive Noo Yawk Cidy... can
possibly make it in Staten Island, AKA Richmond... where the wimpy NYC
cops migrated.

On 5/23/2021 11:14 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 00:49:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> I've never been to NYC
>>
>> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.
>
> Yoose faggoty joisyites would never survive Noo Yawk Cidy... can
> possibly make it in Staten Island, AKA Richmond... where the wimpy NYC
> cops migrated.
>
Uh... Sheldon, you don't still live in Brooklyn or any part of NYC.
Care to tell us why?

There's really no need for you to "defend" NYC. You started talking
about roasted sweet potato vendors in NYC and people have produced
evidence they have been there and seen the hot dog and in the winter
chestnut vendors. But no one is hawking sweet potatoes on the street
anymore. People don't need them to tuck into their pockets to keep
their hands warm as they walked back home or to school or whatever
anymore, either. I believe them when they say no one hawking baked
sweet potatoes on the streets of NYC.

Jill

On Sun, 23 May 2021 06:20:59 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Mike Duffy wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> Do you detect any of the usual pumpkin pie spices?
>>> Nutmeg, clove, ginger, cinnamon?
>>
>> These all have a fairly-pronounced aroma, together making up the dreaded
>> 'pumpkin pie' taste.
>>
>> Pronounced enough that in even minor concentrations, a lot of people
>> would be hard-pressed to determine if the base is pumpkin (or as has been
>> pointed out here, more often butternut squash) or if the base is sweet
>> potato.
>
>Very similar taste. I make sweet potato pies in the fall when they are
>locally harvested. Easy to do and taste delicious.
>
>Lately I've thought about an experiment. A carrot pie. 2 cups cooked and
>mashed then same exact recipe as pumpkin or sweet potato. This might
>work. I haven't googled this yet.

Carrot pie would probably taste too sweet.

Sheldon wrote:

> On Sun, 23 May 2021 06:20:59 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> >Mike Duffy wrote:
> >> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>
> >>> Do you detect any of the usual pumpkin pie spices?
> >>> Nutmeg, clove, ginger, cinnamon?
> >>
> >> These all have a fairly-pronounced aroma, together making up the dreaded
> >> 'pumpkin pie' taste.
> >>
> >> Pronounced enough that in even minor concentrations, a lot of people
> >> would be hard-pressed to determine if the base is pumpkin (or as has been
> >> pointed out here, more often butternut squash) or if the base is sweet
> >> potato.
> >
> >Very similar taste. I make sweet potato pies in the fall when they are
> >locally harvested. Easy to do and taste delicious.
> >
> >Lately I've thought about an experiment. A carrot pie. 2 cups cooked and
> >mashed then same exact recipe as pumpkin or sweet potato. This might
> >work. I haven't googled this yet.
> Carrot pie would probably taste too sweet.


Hair pie might strike just the right note for Gary, lol...

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On 5/22/2021 6:35 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/22/2021 1:25 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>>
>> Canned pumpkin tastes like canned sweet potato because they are both
>> actally canned butternut squash.Â* Pumpkin for butternut squash is
>> legal because they are botanically the same.Â* Fresh pumpkin contains
>> too much water for making pie filling and sweet potato is too dry for
>> pie filling... butternut squash flesh is just right for either.
>>
>
> Dickinson squash/Â* Same family
>
> https://www.motherearthgardener.com/...in-zmaz12fzfol
>
>
> When Elijah Dickinson moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1835, he didnt
> know he was carrying with him the seeds of a billion-dollar pumpkin, one
> of the most valuable heirloom vegetable crops in history. Yet the
> pumpkin which finds its way into most pumpkin pies today is not really a
> pumpkin.
>
Dickenson squash, yep.

I love the way Sheldon keeps saying fresh pumpkin has too much water to
make a pie. (He's the guy who hates pie crust.) He's talking about the
kind of pumpkin sold for carving Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns. When people
make pumpkin pie from scratch they use the meat of sugar pumpkins.
They're smaller, not watery and not overly fibrous.

I know this because even though I don't bake pies I've paid attention to
discussions here over the years about how to make a pumpkin pie from
scratch. Sugar pumpkins.

Not that this has much to do with baked sweet potatoes tasting like
pumpkin pie. They don't taste like pumpkin or pumpkin pie to me. They
taste like sweet potatoes. I like baked sweet potatoes with simply a
little butter and S&P. Some people add brown sugar or syrup. To me,
the baked sweet potato is sweet tasting enough. Quite nice.

Jill

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 00:49:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> I've never been to NYC
>>
>> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.
>
> Yoose faggoty joisyites would never survive Noo Yawk Cidy... can
> possibly make it in Staten Island, AKA Richmond... where the wimpy NYC
> cops migrated.
>

Popeye, what about queens?

On Sun, 23 May 2021 14:58:45 +1000, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On Sat, 22 May 2021 18:35:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 5/22/2021 1:25 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Canned pumpkin tastes like canned sweet potato because they are both
>>> actally canned butternut squash. Pumpkin for butternut squash is
>>> legal because they are botanically the same. Fresh pumpkin contains
>>> too much water for making pie filling and sweet potato is too dry for
>>> pie filling... butternut squash flesh is just right for either.
>>>
>>
>>Dickinson squash/ Same family
>>
>>https://www.motherearthgardener.com/...in-zmaz12fzfol
>>
>>When Elijah Dickinson moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1835, he didn’t
>>know he was carrying with him the seeds of a billion-dollar pumpkin, one
>>of the most valuable heirloom vegetable crops in history. Yet the
>>pumpkin which finds its way into most pumpkin pies today is not really a
>>pumpkin.

What's written about Dickinson squash is mostly myth. It's difficult
to tell one squash from another by taste however the Butternut squash
because of it's configuration; relatively small/compact size, not
being hollow, and smooth thin skin, is easyiest to process. I've used
butternut with other squash and vegetables to make rather good soups.
I don't like pureed, I prefer chunky soups. Butternut along with
other veggies and a ham bone makes a delicious soup. I've never used
butternut to make pie but then I can't remember if I've ever made any
kind of pie, I find typical pie crust disgusting no matter who makes
it. I don't like typical fruit pie filling either, it's mostly starch
for thickening. I prefer compote.
Butternut squash is very good grilled, thick slabs buttered and well
seasoned.

On Sun, 23 May 2021 Mike Duffy wrote:
>
You're more a ding dong duffy fool.

On 5/22/2021 10:46 PM, Jim Lahey wrote:

>> A more educated Merkin would have seen that was written by nymshifting
>> attention Dutchboy troll.
>
> Pathetic and revealing what 'Bruce' will do to try and remain
> relevant. He could simply decide not to be a trolling dick and his
> problems on RFC would obviously go away.
>
Is that what happened to JeBus?

On 5/22/2021 4:39 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 5/22/2021 1:25 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Canned pumpkin tastes like canned sweet potato because they are both
>>> actally canned butternut squash.Â* Pumpkin for butternut squash is
>>> legal because they are botanically the same.Â* Fresh pumpkin contains
>>> too much water for making pie filling and sweet potato is too dry for
>>> pie filling... butternut squash flesh is just right for either.
>>>
>>
>> Dickinson squash/Â* Same family
>>
>> https://www.motherearthgardener.com/...in-zmaz12fzfol
>>
>>
>> When Elijah Dickinson moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1835, he
>> didn€„¢t know he was carrying with him the seeds of a billion-dollar
>> pumpkin, one of the most valuable heirloom vegetable crops in history.
>> Yet the pumpkin which finds its way into most pumpkin pies today is
>> not really a pumpkin.
>>
>
> When's the last time yoose and popeye had sex together?
>
> Yoose both have lots of pent up emotions.
>
>
>
>
Sex is not emotion, it's animal passion.

On Sun, 23 May 2021 11:23:16 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/23/2021 11:14 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 00:49:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've never been to NYC
>>>
>>> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>>> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>>> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>>> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>>> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>>> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.
>>
>> Yoose faggoty joisyites would never survive Noo Yawk Cidy... can
>> possibly make it in Staten Island, AKA Richmond... where the wimpy NYC
>> cops migrated.
>>
>Uh... Sheldon, you don't still live in Brooklyn or any part of NYC.
>Care to tell us why?

He moved up state, with all the other man purses.

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On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> 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/a...-weekly-how-sw
>> eet-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)
>
> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>
Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?

On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:39:42 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>
>>> 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)
>>
>> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>>
>Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?

The last I read here is that his wife and he were stuck in Tasmania,
unable to get back to Thailand due to covid.

On 5/22/2021 1:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:07:47 +0100, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>

How can they be gone???

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-ima...-image35981954

https://www.yelp.com/biz/roasted-che...carts-new-york

Only two vendors left?!?!??

Wow.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ticle-1.473997

Sayed Elshahat, 32, who mans a cart at Fifth Ave. and 39th St., said he
used to start selling chestnuts at $4 a dozen as early as October. Now,
it's just around Christmas.

"Chestnuts are expensive for us," he said. "There is less people buying
them so less vendors are selling them. We can't afford to sell something
nobody is buying."

Roasted chestnuts appear to going the way of baked sweet potatoes,
another once-ubiquitous sidewalk snack that went extinct in the 1950s,
said New York food guru Arthur Schwartz.

"The simple answer is that few people have the taste for roasted
chestnuts. Not Americans anyway - not even New Yorkers," he said. "Hence
the chestnuts are in the touristic areas of the city."

Also, the roasted chestnuts responsible for that fragrant scent wafting
over city streets are imported from Italy, which makes them pricey
street fare, Schwartz said.

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire is some romantic idea from a song,
but not something to eat," he said.

"It's nostalgic street food," said Sean Basinski of the Urban Justice
Center, which advocates on behalf of the vendors. "I think it smells
better than it tastes."

Joanne Amendola, 60, visiting from Trumbull, Conn., agreed after buying
a bag of nuts at at Fifth Ave. and 46th St. vendor.

On 5/22/2021 9:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> Oh, look. It's still 1947 in Sheldon's World.

I wish it was in mine too.

:-(

On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
>>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
>>>>> --Bryan
>>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
>>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
>>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
>> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
>> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
>
> I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
>

https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/

https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/

Process is dead simple stuff.

STOVE TOP
Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
(affiliate link) covered
Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
rest for 10 minutes before eating
Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F

On 5/23/2021 12:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:39:42 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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)
>>>
>>> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>>>
>> Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?
>
> The last I read here is that his wife and he were stuck in Tasmania,
> unable to get back to Thailand due to covid.
>
Huh, interesting dude, wonder where the dogs are?

On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> >> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
> >>> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
> >>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
> >>>>> --Bryan
> >>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
> >>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
> >>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
> >>>>
> >>>> -sw
> >>>
> >>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
> >> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
> >> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
> >
> > I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
> >
>
> https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
>
> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
>
> https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
>
> Process is dead simple stuff.
>
> STOVE TOP
> Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
> (affiliate link) covered
> Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
> Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
> rest for 10 minutes before eating
> Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F

I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.

On Sun, 23 May 2021 13:06:44 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/23/2021 12:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:39:42 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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)
>>>>
>>>> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>>>>
>>> Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?
>>
>> The last I read here is that his wife and he were stuck in Tasmania,
>> unable to get back to Thailand due to covid.
>>
>Huh, interesting dude, wonder where the dogs are?

And the sheep and the cats.

On 5/23/2021 1:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
>> On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>>>> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
>>>>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
>>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
>>>>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
>>>>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
>>>> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
>>>> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
>>>
>>> I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
>>>
>>
>> https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
>>
>> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
>>
>> https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
>>
>> Process is dead simple stuff.
>>
>> STOVE TOP
>> Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
>> (affiliate link) covered
>> Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
>> Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
>> rest for 10 minutes before eating
>> Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F
>
> I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.
>

I guess I yam what I yam...heh heh...

On 5/23/2021 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 23 May 2021 13:06:44 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> > wrote:
>
>> On 5/23/2021 12:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:39:42 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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)
>>>>>
>>>>> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>>>>>
>>>> Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?
>>>
>>> The last I read here is that his wife and he were stuck in Tasmania,
>>> unable to get back to Thailand due to covid.
>>>
>> Huh, interesting dude, wonder where the dogs are?
>
> And the sheep and the cats.
>
Dude had quite the bush compound iirc.

Prolly less rabbits in Taz though...


;-0

On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:09:12 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> On 5/23/2021 1:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> >> On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>> On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> >>>> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
> >>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
> >>>>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
> >>>>>>> --Bryan
> >>>>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
> >>>>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
> >>>>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -sw
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
> >>>> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
> >>>> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
> >>>
> >>> I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
> >>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
> >>>
> >>
> >> https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
> >>
> >> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
> >>
> >> https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
> >>
> >> Process is dead simple stuff.
> >>
> >> STOVE TOP
> >> Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
> >> (affiliate link) covered
> >> Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
> >> Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
> >> rest for 10 minutes before eating
> >> Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F
> >
> > I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.
> >
> I guess I yam what I yam...heh heh...

I cooked a yam yesterday - 375 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Not even close! I'm on the lookout for different kinds of smallish, skinny, sweet potatoes. The little sweet potato cart was empty. That's the breaks. The display for the poi was empty too. What gives?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/pPPbUZS2gMfRn2Zq9

On Sun, 23 May 2021 14:29:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:09:12 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
>> On 5/23/2021 1:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
>> >> On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> >>> On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> >>>> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
>> >>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>> >>>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
>> >>>>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
>> >>>>>>> --Bryan
>> >>>>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
>> >>>>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
>> >>>>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> -sw
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
>> >>>> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
>> >>>> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
>> >>>
>> >>> I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
>> >>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
>> >>
>> >> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
>> >>
>> >> https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
>> >>
>> >> Process is dead simple stuff.
>> >>
>> >> STOVE TOP
>> >> Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
>> >> (affiliate link) covered
>> >> Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
>> >> Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
>> >> rest for 10 minutes before eating
>> >> Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F
>> >
>> > I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.
>> >
>> I guess I yam what I yam...heh heh...
>
>I cooked a yam yesterday - 375 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Not even close! I'm on the lookout for different kinds of smallish, skinny, sweet potatoes. The little sweet potato cart was empty. That's the breaks. The display for the poi was empty too. What gives?
>
>https://photos.app.goo.gl/pPPbUZS2gMfRn2Zq9
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
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On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:10:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
>> On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> >> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
>> >>> Sqwertz wrote:
>> >>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
>> >>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
>> >>>>> --Bryan
>> >>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
>> >>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
>> >>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -sw
>> >>>
>> >>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
>> >> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
>> >> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
>> >
>> > I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
>> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
>> >
>>
>> https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
>>
>> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
>>
>> https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
>>
>> Process is dead simple stuff.
>>
>> STOVE TOP
>> Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
>> (affiliate link) covered
>> Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
>> Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
>> rest for 10 minutes before eating
>> Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F
>
>I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
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On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:48:43 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/22/2021 1:28 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:07:47 +0100, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
>How can they be gone???
>
>https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-ima...-image35981954
>
>https://www.yelp.com/biz/roasted-che...carts-new-york
>
>Only two vendors left?!?!??
>
>Wow.
>
>https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ticle-1.473997
>
>Sayed Elshahat, 32, who mans a cart at Fifth Ave. and 39th St., said he
>used to start selling chestnuts at $4 a dozen as early as October. Now,
>it's just around Christmas.
>
>"Chestnuts are expensive for us," he said. "There is less people buying
>them so less vendors are selling them. We can't afford to sell something
>nobody is buying."
>
>Roasted chestnuts appear to going the way of baked sweet potatoes,
>another once-ubiquitous sidewalk snack that went extinct in the 1950s,
>said New York food guru Arthur Schwartz.
>
>"The simple answer is that few people have the taste for roasted
>chestnuts. Not Americans anyway - not even New Yorkers," he said. "Hence
>the chestnuts are in the touristic areas of the city."
>
>Also, the roasted chestnuts responsible for that fragrant scent wafting
>over city streets are imported from Italy, which makes them pricey
>street fare, Schwartz said.
>
>"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire is some romantic idea from a song,
>but not something to eat," he said.
>
>"It's nostalgic street food," said Sean Basinski of the Urban Justice
>Center, which advocates on behalf of the vendors. "I think it smells
>better than it tastes."
>
>Joanne Amendola, 60, visiting from Trumbull, Conn., agreed after buying
>a bag of nuts at at Fifth Ave. and 46th St. vendor.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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On Sun, 23 May 2021 14:28:14 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On Sun, 23 May 2021 11:23:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 5/23/2021 11:14 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 00:49:19 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 13:02:34 -0700, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never been to NYC
>>>>
>>>> I did by mistake once. I was trying to avoid traffic but got cut off by
>>>> some traffic and to avoid *that* took (at least once each) the Holland
>>>> tunnel, Brooklyn & Manhattan & Washington Bridges before I made it safely
>>>> back to New Jersey. It was a 4 hour nightmare; bumper to bumper stop &
>>>> go. I'm glad it was in the wee hours of a week-day.
>>>> My advice is not to go there unless you actually have a reason.
>>>
>>> Yoose faggoty joisyites would never survive Noo Yawk Cidy... can
>>> possibly make it in Staten Island, AKA Richmond... where the wimpy NYC
>>> cops migrated.
>>>
>>Uh... Sheldon, you don't still live in Brooklyn or any part of NYC.
>>Care to tell us why?
>
>He moved up state, with all the other man purses.
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On Sun, 23 May 2021 14:09:59 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/23/2021 1:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 13:06:44 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/23/2021 12:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 23 May 2021 12:39:42 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/22/2021 2:26 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>> Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jesus is much harder to find than a camel.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is he still in Tasmania nursing a toothache?
>>>>
>>>> The last I read here is that his wife and he were stuck in Tasmania,
>>>> unable to get back to Thailand due to covid.
>>>>
>>> Huh, interesting dude, wonder where the dogs are?
>>
>> And the sheep and the cats.
>>
>Dude had quite the bush compound iirc.
>
>Prolly less rabbits in Taz though...
>
>
>;-0
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On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 3:11:00 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:58:47 AM UTC-10, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> > On 5/21/2021 11:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 2:27:22 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > >> On 5/20/2021 7:01 PM, Alex wrote:
> > >>> Sqwertz wrote:
> > >>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> But a bunch of folks here were writing that instant mashed potatoes
> > >>>>> have come a long way in the past few decades, so I bought some.
> > >>>>> --Bryan
> > >>>> Which BRAND though. Some are still shitty. I bought Idahoan
> > >>>> because they were out of Hungry Jack last time I shopped for them.
> > >>>> And I spit on Idahoan <ptooey>.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -sw
> > >>>
> > >>> Hungry Jack are my go-to.
> > >> Speaking of potato products, I do like those "Mini Tater Tots." They
> > >> have a higher ratio of crispy outer to the soft insides.
> > >
> > > I had a roasted sweet potato the other day. My understanding is that they sell these on carts in Japan. This one was sold in a cart in a store. Ha ha, that's so weird. It's roasted in a way that causes the potato to get all sugary. Beats me what the process is. The result is a very sweet potato that's covered with caramelized sugar. It's pretty wonderful stuff.
> > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/CAAnhHWszTPGaBvq5
> > >
> >
> > https://thewoksoflife.com/japanese-sweet-potatoes/
> >
> > https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28...-sweet-potato/
> >
> > https://okonomikitchen.com/baked-jap...toes-yaki-imo/
> >
> > Process is dead simple stuff.
> >
> > STOVE TOP
> > Wash, wrap in foil (or leave naked) and place on a cast iron skillet
> > (affiliate link) covered
> > Cook on low heat for 60 minutes, turning them every 20 minutes
> > Turn heat off when you can pierce them with a chopstick and then let it
> > rest for 10 minutes before eating
> > Produces a super creamy cake-like texture much like baking it at 325 F
> I'm investigating the process. For one thing, you need a very specific potato. This isn't a regular sweet potato.

It looks like it might be the variety called "jewel yam" or the one called "garnet
yam". I see them at the grocery store, although perhaps not since the winter.
If I think of it, I'll look (just for my own interest, obviously) next time I'm there,
although I rarely go down that aisle.

Sweet potatoes are not as popular here, apparently, as they are in Hawaii. More so
than a decade or two ago, when they were pretty much relegated to Thanksgiving.

Cindy Hamilton