Back in the day, I can remember going for Sunday afternoon drives in the late 50's/early 60's with my parents to discount department stores at which there was always set up a pretzel venders cart. The pretzels were soft, hot, salty, and delicious, selling then at the price of three for 25 cents! They were not as big as those shown in the picture, but were still very substantial. You can still occasionally find a pretzel venders cart, but be prepared to spend several dollars for a single pretzel. What gastronomic delights have you bought from a street cart?
Unfortunately I've never had the pleasure. Never had the opportunity to walk much in an urban area. Lower East Side, Manhattan, 1970
One would think that crawfish or red beans and rice would be the street fare in New Orleans but the Lucky Dog reigns supreme in the French Quarter.
Never saw pretezels but my grandfather told me of the the rabbit man coming around to his street in a horse drawn buggy stocked with fresh rabbits. As a boy he remembers the sing-song cries of the rabbitoh as the vendor was called. Mum also told me of the ice man delivering his huge chunk of ice to put into the early ice boxes. I vaugely remember the "iceman".
We never had pretzels here from a Cart...but I've just about had everything else... Hot chestnuts, Hot donuts, Hot sandwiches, Toffee apples... Chinese food, Greek food .... Popcorn, Hot almonds, Churros & chocolate ... to name just a very few... Oh, and not forgetting all the shellfish!!! We can still get all of this today....
My grand father was the ice man. All my uncles delivered the ice. They would take saws and cut ice blocks out of the lake in the winter and store them in the old ice house out back. The ice house is gone now but the house he built is still there.
This is a familiar site around Sydney for as long as I can remember. the best pies and peas on the planet. Harry's Cafe de Wheels.
This was another familiar site around my home town since I was a small fry. I can still hear the Greensleaves tune accompanying it as it chugged around the streets. The old & the new.