Source: Atlas Obscura
Thirty percent of Canada’s labor force was unemployed during the Great Depression. In the French-speaking province of Québéc, women had many mouths to feed and few ingredients to work with. Legend has it that pouding chômeur (“unemployed-person pudding”) was created by female factory workers relying on the inexpensive staples they had on hand, much like other desperation-inspired dishes such as sugar cream pie.
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