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Originally Posted by MoonlightShadow  Pickles. I am presuming we mean pickled onions here? And what is a pickle pin?
I've searched it on the net, but can only find an advertising thingy. |
A pin is a half-firkin cask, holding approximately 6 gallons/20 liters, generally used for pickles. In historical times, a firkin was 1/4 of a barrel. In terms of beer parlance, the term has generally been replaced by "keg," although few know that in terms of measurement a keg is actually 1/2 of a barrel.
In the days of Columbus--who by the way was the first to introduce pickles to the new world--stores were laid aboard ship by pin, firkin, keg or barrel.