The EIC's Forgotten Food: Rice, Curry and the Making of Empire

How did the East India Company feed its armies and its cities? This episode looks beyond the usual story of spices and tea to ask what the Company's soldiers, merchants, and clerks actually ate. We trace the origins of the first 'curry' exported to Britain, the massive rice shipments from Bengal that sustained Madras and Bombay, and the strange case of the Company's failed breadfruit scheme. Along the way we meet the nameless Indian cooks who ran the Company's kitchens, the famines that shadowed its rule, and the surprising role of food in shaping colonial power. A concrete, human-centred look at the logistics and culture of eating in empire. #EastIndiaCompany #Bengal #Curry #RiceTrade #HistoryOfFood #BritishEmpire #Famine #CompanyBahadur #ShipsBiscuit #PilotBiscuit #Breadfruit #Madras #Bombay #Mumbai #18thCentury #19thCentury #GlobalFoodHistory #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo