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  • Ruby the knish man (legendary food vendor from Canarsie section of Brooklyn, NY)

    03/22/2012 3:14:51 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 17 replies · 1+ views
    Ruby was a knishman who I remember in Bayview Projects, Canarsie, in the early-mid sixties. Everyone remembered his most famous quote, spoken with a BOOMING voice: "GET YOUR HOT POTATO KNISHES, I WANT TO SEND MY WIFE TO FLORIDA! My other recollections of Ruby as a kid not yet 10 years old are: -Ruby was always in the best of spirits (I do not recall EVER seeing such a serious face as in the picture). -We often did not have the 12 cents for the knish. Ruby would still let us hang out by his wagon. He would give us...