The Melting Pot
My Thanksgiving column a few weeks ago was about pumpkin pie, the sine qua non of non-Jewish desserts. In passing, Imentioned mincemeat, which I had never seen nor tasted but felt certain was the Maginot line separating \”us\” from \”them.\” Spam, lacedwith lard and pieces of raw tongue, is what I imagined it to be.\nTurns out, I had stumbled upon a widely sharedethnic blind spot.