tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post2572234140700853666..comments2023-10-30T03:40:33.650-04:00Comments on Tenement Museum Blog: From Poisonous Sweets to Heavenly Halvah: Notes on the History of CandyTenement Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979771778273094100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-15805970675390256422012-03-10T18:27:42.555-05:002012-03-10T18:27:42.555-05:00Thanks for the explanations. I've never unders...Thanks for the explanations. I've never understood people's ardor with halvah. Then I've tried one recently and all the suspicions went away. :)Bugarska Letohttp://www.paradisotravel.com/v2/letovanje-2012/bugarskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-52444811753678668962012-03-10T16:09:43.098-05:002012-03-10T16:09:43.098-05:00Wow! Such an interesting article! Halvas is still ...Wow! Such an interesting article! Halvas is still a big thing here in Greece but I didn't know that it had gained popularity in the US. Thanks, very informative!E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05070434431436328243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-87339291597991942212012-03-09T21:59:57.763-05:002012-03-09T21:59:57.763-05:00My father grew up on Orchard Street, a few doors d...My father grew up on Orchard Street, a few doors down from the tenement museum. He was born there in 1913. He told me two kids could get into the movies for a nickel when he was a kid. The game was, you stood out front of the theatre and yelled, "I got two, who's got t'ree?" until it got close enough to show time for a kid with three cents to be willing to be the heavy lifter. It was a game of chicken, and if you won you would have a whole penny, and you could buy what he described as "a big bag of candy."Gail Gutradthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742236590998380829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-1019122530928515932012-03-09T13:54:29.715-05:002012-03-09T13:54:29.715-05:00Seriously...now I need to go get some halvah, stat...Seriously...now I need to go get some halvah, stat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3742591784346076543.post-12772637955551815762012-03-09T12:50:21.893-05:002012-03-09T12:50:21.893-05:00This makes me want to out and get halvah--a favori...This makes me want to out and get halvah--a favorit when I was a kid!robin heaneynoreply@blogger.com