Touristic Exploitation of Street Vendors

ID: 896 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Michelle Benoit.
This file appears in: Praline or "Pecan Candy"
Touristic Exploitation of Street Vendors

Into the late 20th century, life-sized "mammy dolls" featuring gross stereotypes of the praline vendors were used to market the candy to visitors. Thefts of the figures were so numerous that these figures were often chained to posts.

This file appears in: Praline or "Pecan Candy"

By Chanda M. Nunez
Pralines are thought to have originated in seventeenth-century France when the chef of César, Duc de Choiseul, Comte du Plessis-Praslin coated almonds with sugar. While sugared nuts were already enjoyed throughout the world, the candy termed…