SC - Pipkins are?

[Decker, Terry D.]

> In a message dated 5/5/99 4:33:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> nannar at isholf.is 
> writes:
> 
> << It refers to the pot. A pipkin was a smallish stewing pot, either metal
> or
>  earthenware.
>  
>  Nanna >>
> 
> Interesting. I wonder if these pots were originally used to stew apples or
> if 
> the apples took their name from the pot. Does anuone know?
> 
> Ras
> 
A possible derivation is from pipe which describes a cask (or more
generically, a container) holding 126 gallons.  A pipkin (pip(e) - kin)
would be a container smaller than a pipe.

Bear
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