When I was in China two months ago during Spring Festival, I took this photo of a street vender who sells roasted whole sweet potatoes in the cold winter. I grow up loving and expecting to see those large oil barrels on the walkway in winters. They are filled with charcoal on the inside, and a rack is placed in the middle of the barrel. The whole sweet potatoes are on top of the rack getting roasted slowly. The lid of the barrel is placed on top to prevent heat from escaping.
It is simple, but it contains the wonderful smells of sweetness and burnt sweet potato skin. It was RMB 0.50 each back then and the vender would use a piece of newspaper to wrap up the one I picked. It was hot, and it warmed my hand on my way home from school. I love it that those traditional venders still exist after decades of change. Hope they are still there the next time I visit China.
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