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Rumford's Soup

An early scientific-nutrition soup devised by Benjamin Thompson, Reichsgraf von Rumford, around 1800 and eaten in Munich and greater Bavaria. It was used to feed the poor, workhouses, military workhouses, and prisoners.

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It was invented by Benjamin Thompson, Reichsgraf von Rumford, circa 1800 and consumed in Munich and greater Bavaria, where he was employed as an advisor to Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. It was used as a ration for the poor, for Bavarian workhouses and military workhouses, and prisoners. Count Rumford has been credited in many instances for "establishing the first real soup kitchen."

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