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How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became an iconic British food

  • Written by Troy Bickham, Professor of History, Texas A&M University
How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became an iconic British foodThe Christmas pudding, a legacy of the British Empire, is enjoyed around the world -- including in former British colonies.esp_imaging/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry...

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