Gamelle

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Gamelle is a Swiss name for what is now a three-part, kidney-shaped cookware that soldiers use to heat food and also as dinnerware . In addition, the Gamelle can also be used for cooking simple dishes (for example stews ) for one person.

history

The Gamelle was introduced into the Swiss Army in 1875 in the form of a pot made of tin-plated sheet steel with a lid and handle. However, this first version was unsuitable and was replaced a little later by the single cookware in 1882 in its current form and made of aluminum. With aluminum, the weight could be almost halved. The crockery holds 2.7 liters and weighs 450 grams. It consists of an oval pot, roughly kidney-shaped, with a plate insert and a lid. Plate and lid can be combined to form a two-part dish. The game also includes a spoon and fork that can be put together for storage and transport. In addition, canteens and cups are given to the soldiers.

The M1910 cookware was introduced into the German armies in 1910 and has not been changed since then. In Germany, such eating utensils are also referred to as a Henkelmann in the civil sector , and colloquially in the Bundeswehr as a “pickpott”. As cooker since the First World War in the German armies used a Esbit , in the Swiss army , a gel fuel -Kocher, usually the Emergency Cooker 71 .

The Gamelle is not only used by the military in the Swiss Army, the German armies of the Imperial Era, Reichwehr and Wehrmacht as well as the Bundeswehr and NVA, in Austria, Italy, Hungary and Poland, but also in civil defense and scouts .

etymology

The word Gamelle comes from French (French gamelle ). Ahead is Latin gamella , a subsidiary form of Latin camella "bowl", "bucket". This is a diminutive of the Latin camera "chamber", which in turn comes from the Greek (Greek kamára ).

gallery

  • Swiss Gamelle with cutlery

  • Gamelle with emergency cooker 71

  • Pot-au-feu in the game lid

Web links

Commons : Gamellen  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Gamelle  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Single receipts

  1. ↑ See gallery in the article - Publication of the Swiss Confederation / Swiss Army (Ed.): Reglement 60.006 d - Cooking recipes
  2. ↑ SWI swissinfo.ch - Gamelle has had its day , accessed on August 17, 2020
  3. ↑ Wiki. Federal Ministry of Defense , accessed on December 17, 2017 : “Pickpott, der; Noun, masculine; Derived from "picken" = eat and "Pott" = pot. So the field crockery. "