SC - Pipkins are?
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Wed May 5 06:51:03 PDT 1999
> 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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