Many saw the answer in a melting pot concept, but their tastes favored a stew characterized by meat and potatoes, mildly flavored with a little salt and almost no pepper. Rice, yams, and maize were excluded from the recipe, and the rice, yam, or maize eaters were allowed at the table only to serve.
- The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
Best description of the “melting pot” ever.
(via belldam)
Agreed.
I was taught to favor a tossed salad metaphor — everything part of the whole dish but still a unique ingredient with its own taste. Thoughts?
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