Fire-roasted potatoes, Brooklyn style

[elleng]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/dining/fire-roasted-potatoes-brooklyn-style.html?

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Mickies! My mother and her brothers knew all about those. . .

. . .from their childhoods in Brooklyn.

[elleng]

2. Sounds familiar!

I grew up in Brooklyn in apartment/development, didn't burn ANYTHING there, but folks grew up in Harlem and Bronx, and you rang a bell!

[DinahMoeHum]

3. What neighborhood? My mother's side was from. . .

Greenwood Heights, 5th Avenue and the 30's streets, across from Greenwood Cemetery and a stone's throw from Battle Hill and the statue of Minerva.

[elleng]

4. Clinton Hill for me,

Clinton near Myrtle Ave.

[Sanity Claws]

5. I went to high school in that area.

[elleng]

7. We moved just before my 5th grade, remember walking to P.S. 21,

have no idea where my high school would have been!

[Skittles]

6. I don't think I have ever seen potatoes look less appealing

hope they taste better than they look

[marble falls]

9. You gotta try one.

[marble falls]

8. With six kids, this is how my parents filled us up at our cook outs after the hot dogs ....

were all gobbled down. I still remember the smell of potatoes roasting on charcoal. One of my favorite memories!