>>2772474samefag (/oldfag) here. Enjoy a wall of text to back up my theory:"The Charlotte Russe, that venerable New York specialty that left generations of city kids with white mustaches on their faces, is not extinct but, like ancient Chinese jade, it is hard to come by. The Charlotte Russe was a street delicacy that, as a perishable, came out in autumn and disappeared, mostly, when the weather turned hot. Basically, it was a piece of sponge cake topped by a heap of whipped cream with a cherry at its pinnacle. Sometimes with fruit, sometimes with sprinkles, but these were optional. It cost a nickel at most and came in a partitioned round white cup with a moveable bottom that you could push up as you made your way through the whipped cream. You bought it in candy stores, bakeries and sometimes in five-and-dime stores. And it was always eaten in the street; it was not a dessert but a snack. It has disappeared form the modern candy store, which today is either a luncheonette or a dry-goods card shop, but there are still bakeries here and there with a sense of tradition that still turn out the Charlotte Russe. Out in the Glen Oaks neighborhood of Queens, Murray Beberman sells it in the old-style cups at the Garden Bake Shop, 265-03 Union Turnpike. He outs out a couple of dozen every day...it costs 45 cents. The customers are past the bloom of youth and their Charlotte Russe is a short trip back to the days when the stomach was strong...
