When you walk around the neighborhood just east of the Ballarò Market in Palermo, brown street signs (as opposed to the standard white stone) list the street names in Italian, Arabic, and Hebrew. The special signage is a reminder that the neighborhood was the Jewish quarter, which thrived during the Middle Ages when Palermo was a cosmopolitan place. This all changed with the Spanish Inquisition, which demanded that non-Catholics convert or leave the Aragon kingdom. The signage is one of the few tangible vestiges of the Jewish community that thrived there. But the community’s culture is still present in other ways, including in the foods that have been fully absorbed into the city’s culinary canon. Among these is pane câ meusa, a sliced spleen sandwich. It’s one of Palermo’s most beloved street foods today and is sold from stalls and stands throughout the city. It’s virtually synonymous with the Sicilian capital, and though the idea of eating spleen might put some off, the flavor and texture are like that of a tender steak. You can order spleen in advance from some butchers.