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...dried fruit and nuts cart. There were several of these around the city, all leased out by the Moorues. The vendors were not cult members themselves, but as soon as i found out that Chairman Sun was getting all the profits, I divested myself of all financial ties with the carts. I broke my policy only once, when the vendor appeared with her six-year-old violinist brother and the best sign I saw all summer: "if you like my brother Stevie's music, please buy my dried fruit and nuts...
...Chinese specialties cart. This vendor sold limp, soggy, overfried wontons, eggrolls and vegetable tempura I loved...
...cream and pretzel cart. This vendor gave out a free pretzel with every 75-cent egg cream he sold. At the deli around the corner, you could get an egg cream for 40 cents and a pretzel for a quarter...
...Manchu Stew stand. This item was genuinely wretched--the recipe, as far as I could tell, was rice, soy sauce, grains of hamburger meat, and canned celery. A few blocks further downtown, a vendor was selling the same dish as a Wok-a-Doo Stew...
...taco and lemonade stand. The tacos here were cheap and tasty, but I have never been able to buy lemonade on the street since I saw Harpo Marx (in Duck Soup) hop into a vendor's tank of lemonade and jog in place until the police came...