Class distinctions, national histories and rural vs. urban values can cause conflict between different ethnocultural groups. This animated film shows a Canadian woman of Polish origin and her neighbor of German background having coffee and sweets together. Talking, the women find they share more than they had realized. The conflict over Mrs. Chenwak's cow seems resolved. But what has Mrs. Meuser put in the pie?

What are some behaviours of the poorer peasant woman that can be classified as reinforcing stereotypes?

Based on a short story by Canadian author Wilma Riley, this animation film is about ethnic prejudice in all its blind viciousness. Mrs. Cherwak is Polish and owns a cow. Mrs. Meuser is a German with entrenched notions of cleanliness. She does not appreciate the cow's inevitable by-product. The film describes their conflict and its curious resolution over coffee and mincemeat pie. While the author chose to write about the Germans and the Poles she grew up with on the outskirts of Regina, the situation she describes could apply anywhere in the world.