In article >,
jonny > wrote:

> In article >,
> Mack A. Damia > wrote:
>
> > By the mid-19th century, Britain was an almost unchallenged empire. It
> > controlled about a fifth of the world's surface, and yet its weakness
> > had everything to do with tiny leaves soaked in hot water. By 1800,
> > tea was easily the most popular drink in the country. The problem? All
> > the tea in the world came from China, and Britain couldn't control the
> > quality or the price. So around 1850, a group of British businessmen
> > set out to create a tea industry in a place they did control: India.
>
> And India got its self a nice little industry.
>
> Cheers!

Actually that's not all, we managed to steal Turkeys, Potatoes and
Tomatoes from the Americas and grow/breed our own!

There something to remember the next time you have your Christmas
Dinner, we have our own Turkey and Potatoes and we didn't have to go cap
in hand to the Hun!

Cheers!