History
A soup kitchen in Montreal, Canada in 1931It is believed the term “breadline,” entered the popular lexicon in the 1880s. It was during those years that a noteworthy bakery in New York City’s Greenwich Village, “Fleischmann Model Viennese Bakery,” instituted a policy of distributing unsold baked goods to the poor at the end of their business day.
The concept of soup kitchens hit the mainstream of United States consciousness during the Great Depression. One soup kitchen in Chicago was even sponsored by American mobster Al Capone in an effort to clean up his image. Inventor Benjamin Thompson, contemporary to the Founding Fathers of the United States, is said to have invented the soup kitchen.
A 1985 pilot study found that 95% of homeless men served by a soup kitchen had vitamin deficiencies. This shows the need for emphasis on selecting menu ingredients containing appropriate vitamins, including vitamin C and B9.
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