Mess kit

A pail (also Döppen, Düppe or Mitchen ) is a now rather ungebräuchlicher sheet metal container ( partially enamelled ), formerly her packaged in the working people at home cooked food, to transport it to and from work without decanting in a water bath or under the influence of to reheat steam.

History

The pail was invented in the miners and evolved into the storage unit for eating the worker par excellence. Until the 1950s and 1960s it was widespread. In larger enterprises example, it was also common that the workers could have their votes morning meals in the canteen warm for lunch.

Description

Common contents were simple meals, such as soup or potatoes, vegetables and gravy. Term development it was the handle - the handle - with which the vessel is maintained and mostly closed. Corresponding Henkel pots for food transport have for many decades to the standard equipment of most soldiers. In military parlance, they are called in Germany, however, not as a pail, but as cookware.

Dialectal names

In Switzerland the term Gamelle is common.

In the Bavarian dialect region the terms Bitscherl and Menagereindl be partially used.

India

In Mumbai, the similarly styled Tiffin tableware used by the delivery service of the dabbawalas.

Transferred use of the form similar

In addition, the term is used as a descriptive nickname for the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. The memory of the specific form of Henkel men is also strong enough to be repeatedly used for shape description. So the bumpered with a strap so-called 100 - dollar laptop is called about a report by the Germany broadcasting as a lunch pail for more education. Another example is the name of an officially unnamed bridge in Oberhausen as Henkel Mann Bridge.