Open Cloze SATURDAY 23rd December 1 PM UK TIME

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Open Cloze SATURDAY 23rd December 1 PM UK TIME • NEXT STREAM ON TUESDAY 26th December AT 10 A.M UK TIME • #opencloze #iswearenglish • How Christmas pudding tried to 'save' the British Empire • https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20... • • Loved and hated in equal …… , Christmas pudding's cultural and political clout have extended far ……… the dining table. • • Loved and hated in equal measure, Christmas pudding's cultural and political clout have extended far beyond the dining table. • • It has been called a gastronomic paradox – the most British of all dishes …… made from non-British …….. . • • It has been called a gastronomic paradox – the most British of all dishes largely made from non-British ingredients. • • Today, Christmas pudding, the dense, fruit-……. confection that is boiled for hours and …… with brandy butter or steaming custard just once a year, is loved and hated in equal measure, like Brussels sprouts or Marmite. • • • Today, Christmas pudding, the dense, fruit-packed confection that is boiled for hours and served with brandy butter or steaming custard just once a year, is loved and hated in equal measure, like Brussels sprouts or Marmite. • • • Starting out as an affordable gruel enjoyed by the British working …… , by the first half of the 20th century Christmas pudding had become a call to arms – a …… propaganda tool and a boastful symbol of British imperialism. • • Starting out as an affordable gruel enjoyed by the British working class, by the first half of the 20th century Christmas pudding had become a call to arms – a potent propaganda tool and a boastful symbol of British imperialism. • • Containing such exotic ……. as candied orange peel from South Africa, raisins from Australia and spices from India and Zanzibar, • • • • Containing such exotic fare as candied orange peel from South Africa, raisins from Australia and spices from India and Zanzibar, • • • • the dish was sent into economic battle by the state and used to …… the empire’s family of nations with a simple message: just look at the wonders we can achieve when we all ……. together. • • • • the dish was sent into economic battle by the state and used to promote the empire’s family of nations with a simple message: just look at the wonders we can achieve when we all pull together. • • • • While the …….. of Christmas pudding extend ……. to the Middle Ages, modern business terms such as globalisation , the international supply chain and free trade between nations were not …… off the tongue of the average English peasant back then, • • • • While the origins of Christmas pudding extend back to the Middle Ages, modern business terms such as globalisation , the international supply chain and free trade between nations were not tripping off the tongue of the average English peasant back then, • • • • when a working man's meal might include frumenty, a savoury oat porridge thickened with breadcrumbs and perhaps dotted with ….. of mutton or beef. • • • when a working man's meal might include frumenty, a savoury oat porridge thickened with breadcrumbs and perhaps dotted with scraps of mutton or beef. • • • • • By the 16th Century, English merchants were active in the spice ….. and importing exciting new …… from Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and this previously unappetising gruel might now include prunes, currants and raisins instead of gristle. • • • By the 16th Century, English merchants were active in the spice trade and importing exciting new foodstuffs from Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and this previously unappetising gruel might now include prunes, currants and raisins instead of gristle. • • • Frumenty was the ancestor of plum pudding, it is claimed by no ……. than Fortnum Mason, the 18th-Century London department store celebrated for its gourmet groceries, with plum once being a …… term for any dried dark fruit. • • Frumenty was the ancestor of plum pudding, it is claimed by no less than Fortnum Mason, the 18th-Century London department store celebrated for its gourmet groceries, with plum once being a generic term for any dried dark fruit. • • • • • Then, in the 17th Century, Brits began wrapping doughs in …… and boiling them to make more solid puddings. • • • • Then, in the 17th Century, Brits began wrapping doughs in cloths and boiling them to make more solid puddings. • • • The artisanal, working-class aristocracy – people like stonemasons, who ……. a bit more than most – might add some apple, said historian Lizzie Collingham. • • • The artisanal, working-class aristocracy – people like stonemasons, who earned a bit more than most – might add some apple, said historian Lizzie Collingham. • • • And as more goods arrived in Britain, they ….. add cloves, or cinnamon or currants, …… they could afford. • • • • And as more goods arrived in Britain, they would add cloves, or cinnamon or currants, whatever they could afford.

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