[Sca-cooks] OT mail question

[Sandra Kisner]

>I remember the knife sharpener, who'd sharpen knives, ice skates, garden 
>shears, scissors, hedge clippers, etc., who used to drive around in an old 
>truck, ringing a distinctive-sounding bell. Also the old Italian produce 
>guy, who'd croon a very specific melody, no doubt considering himself 
>Enrico Caruso, "Strrrrrrraaaaaaawwwwberrrieeeeessssss... 
>Bloooooooooooooo-berries... Cheeee-eee-eee-e-rrrieeeesss...." All this 
>would have been in the Outer Boroughs of New York City (Ralph 
>Kramden/Archie Bunker territory) as recently as the 60's and early 70's.

I wonder if he got that cry from "Porgy and Bess"?  There's a scene with 
street cries in it, and that's one of them.  Some extra decoration on the 
cherries notes, as I recall.  The source and the notes would certainly 
account for the Caruso connection!

>Adamantius

Sandra