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A sheen of grimy sweat coated his face, both from the sun, and from a rumbling in his gut from whatever critter had crawled into the stewpot the night before.

A person drinks a bottle of water at Stewpot Community Services in Jackson.

Stewpot Community Services offers meals and bottled water for homeless and financially struggling people.

Aztec warriors would kill and dismember a rival captive then toss him into the stewpot with salt and dried corn to prepare a ceremonial soup to be eaten by the Aztec priests, the king, and the warriors who — ahem — procured the meat.

“It’s a life-or-death matter because of the conditions outside,” said Jill Buckley, executive director for Stewpot Community Services.