Food, for all practical purposes, has one primary function-nourishment. Caught in the indulgences of two Thanksgiving celebrations (Canada and U.S.), I have come to realize, though, how complex a matter food has become.
Psychologically, it is loaded with symbolic and metaphorical mean- ings. Part of our Mennonite ethnic and cultural identity is tied to food, What Russian Mennonite gather- ing would be complete without rollkuchen (deep-fried pastry frit- ters), zwieback (buns) and borscht (beet soup)? But this central core of hospitality in one geographical setting can also be divisive or off-putting in another, as Scott Bergen pointed out in a recent article about non-German …
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