Food became the center of power relations between master and slaves since basically food is a primary necessity. Only the masters can afford to buy food and so the slaves must do good and work well in serving their master to attain their need for food. And since food is a basic necessity, it is easier for the master to control their slaves just by taking away their chance to eat proper food.
A mother is associated with food since she is the provider of food to her child in the form of breastmilk. A child's food is milk and breastmilk is the best for infants wherein the source is the mother.
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