Provisions
Provisions (also: food, food in the mouth and food on the go) are foods that people take with them when they are away from home. For example, travelers take provisions with them on their way, including hikers , mountaineers and cyclists .
etymology
The word provisions goes back to the Italian provianda . This was a combination of the two French words provende (= mouth supply ) and viande (= food, meat). Kluge suspects an origin from the Latin praebenda (a "granted food"). Already in the 16th century used to the word proviantieren for "equip themselves with food."
history
This term also has a military background. It was not only at the time of the Thirty Years' War that the provision of food was procured against the will of the population. Already by Julius Caesar comes the quote : "War feeds on itself." The lack of provisions were, however, for many armies crucial for the defeat.
The procurement of provisions and the distribution of the same to the troops (troop catering) was managed by the German military until the First World War by the directorate . The respective provision offices in the individual garrisons were responsible, each headed by a provision master. For the mobile army, it was the field supply offices. The five supply columns of each army corps carried oral provisions with them for at least three days.
So-called refreshment stations (also: natural refreshment stations ) were institutions up to the beginning of the 20th century that served to combat and curb vagabondage by offering poor hikers shelter, food and clothing. The Central Association for Combating Vagabondage , founded in 1883, had dedicated itself to these tasks .
Today, train station missions , homeless shelters and church-organized or privately set up catering facilities ( soup kitchens , tables , etc.) take care of people who have fallen into poverty.
See also
Web links
- Food table in Frankfurt as an example - purpose, history, etc.