What can we learn about the British empire from a Christmas pudding?

What can we learn about the British empire from a Christmas

pudding?

You do your part in supporting a great Empire Industry and giving employment to your own kith and kin

Empire Christmas pudding 1932

• 1 1lb sultanas ( A)• 1 lb currants( A)• 1lb stoned raisins (S_A_)• 6 oz minced apple ( C)• 1lb breadcrumbs (U_)• 1 1b beef suet ( N_)• 6oz candied peel ( SA)• 8oz flour ( U_)• 4 eggs ( I_F_S_)• ½ oz ground cinnamon( C)• ½ oz ground cloves (Z)• ½ ground nutmeg ( Straits)

• 1 pinch pudding spice(I)• 2 tbsp rum(J )• 1 pint old beer ( E)

Guess which country the ingredients come from, using an empire map to help. I have given you the initial letter of each country.

Scope of the empire in the years between the First and Second World War

Empire Christmas pudding 1932• 1 1lb sultanas (Australia)• 1 lb currants (Australia)• 1lb stoned raisins (South Africa)• 6 oz minced apple (Canada)• 1lb breadcrumbs (United

Kingdom)• 1 1b beef suet (New Zealand)• 6oz candied peel (South Africa)• 8oz flour (United Kingdom)• 4 eggs (Irish Free State)• ½ oz ground cinnamon(Ceylon,

now Sri Lanka)• ½ oz ground cloves (Zanzibar)• ½ ground nutmeg (Straits)

• 1 pinch pudding spice (India)• 2 tbsp rum (Jamaica)• 1 pint old beer (England)

The answers

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