Sir Roger Casement's Limones Dulces Pie

Sir Roger Casement served as an official of the British Empire during the turn of the 20^th century. His work in Africa and Peru earned him a knighthood. In Peru he found a great way to beat the heat was anything made with lemons! The natives called them limones dulces. Now here is an easy no-bake recipe for this desert named in his honor. Learn more about Sir Casement after the recipe.

By using low sugar lemonade mix along with no sugar pudding and lower fat cream cheese we can turn out this beat the heat pie with little guilt.

Ingredients:
1 5 oz can evaporated milk (not sweetened condensed)
1 3.4oz box of instant lemon pudding mix, (use no sugar – no fat)
2 8oz packages of cream cheese (lower fat)
¾ cup frozen lemonade concentrate (lower sugar)
1 lemon
a pre-made 9 inch graham cracker pie crust.

Directions:

Zest the lemon into a small bowl, then squeeze in the juice, set aside. Always squeeze with cut side up so seeds don't get into the juice.

In a small mixing bowl, combined evaporated milk and pudding mix.
Beat on low speed for 2 minutes (mixture will be Very thick).

In a larger mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.


Gradually beat in lemonade concentrate, the lemon juice & zest.

Gradually beat in pudding mixture.

Anytime you are using a foil pan, like what the crust comes in, Place it in a metal pan for strength and safety.

Pour mixture into a graham cracker crust. Same the clear plastic lid, flip it over and put it back on top to preserve the pie.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Just the no guilt thing to beat the heat!

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In the early 20th century the British Empire stretched around the world.

Sir Roger Casement traveled on official business of the crown to Peru. While there he became the champion of indigenous peoples who were being systematically abused and exploited by commercial enterprises headquartered in Britain.

It is said that his focus on helping raise awareness of these exploited peoples as much as his well-known homosexuality, led to his death by hanging. In fact, he was charged with treason for helping the Irish during World War I.

Casement was a British consul in Portuguese East Africa, Congo Free State, and Brazil. He gained international fame for revealing atrocious cruelty in the exploitation of native labor by white traders in the Congo and the Putumayo River region, Peru; his Congo report (published 1904) led to a major reorganization of Belgian rule in the Congo (1908), and his Putumayo report (1912) earned him a knighthood.

But as to his sexuality, (which was NOT well known) historians have grave questions. Influential Englishmen failed to secure a reprieve in view of his past services to the British government.

During the trail, diaries reputedly written by Casement and containing detailed descriptions of homosexual practices were circulated privately among British officials.

Dueling Diaries:

Among Casement's effects the British claimed to have discovered a series of diaries, which indicated frequent sexual contacts with males. Thus Casement must have been a promiscuous homosexual. On account of their pornographic content, these were termed the 'Black Diaries', and were distinguished from the 'White Diaries' where Casement supposedly omitted sexual references and recorded only details of his humanitarian work and private business. The British ensured that extracts from the Black Diaries were shown to those appealing on Casement's behalf, and given the horror with which homosexuality was then viewed, sympathy for him dried up and his execution proceeded unhindered.
In the years following, the existence of the Black Diaries was officially denied by the government.

After years of dispute over their authenticity, the diaries were made available to scholars in July 1959. It was generally considered that the passages in question were in Casement’s handwriting.

However in Ireland a number of individuals kept alive the theory that they were forgeries.
There is more widespread acceptance today that Casement may indeed have been 'gay'.

Jeffrey Dudgeon has added to the growing volume of Casement studies with a book written from the perspective of an Ulster Unionist and gay rights activist. Dudgeon's research for the first time provides some biography for an alleged lover who features in the Black Diaries, one Millar Gordon. 

While all the Black Diaries are published together for the first time, it is surprising to note that some entries have been abbreviated or omitted. 
 
A century since he was executed, the story of Sir Roger Casement remains controversial due to these Black Diaries. Are they a genuine chronicle of his sexual history or a forgery by British officials to discredit him?

Unfortunately the politics of Irish independence has muddied the waters of any true inspection of Sir Casement's sexuality.

In the ensuing political debates what is lost is the brave work this man did to fight the exploration of South American and African indigenous people.