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A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). It refers to a specified volume , measured in either imperial or US customary measures, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages , such as wine , ale , or cider .
The hogshead of beer and ale was equal to a quarter of a tun, half a butt, or three kilderkins. This unit is about 3% larger than the wine hogshead.. hogshead (Ale) In the mid-15th century the ale hogshead was defined as 48 ale or beer gallons (221.8153 L).
Meanwhile, Mr. Henderson would execute ten Somersets, and then perform on the trampoline, "over men and horses, through hoops and over garters," [a] and "lastly through a hogshead of real fire." This act would be followed by the Hendersons dancing and singing. Finally, Henry the Horse would dance the waltz.
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.
Hogshead; Homer; House cord – a former U.S. unit of volume for stacked firewood [7] Kile; Koku; Lambda – an uncommon metric unit of volume discontinued with the introduction of the SI; London quarter; Lump of butter – used in the U.S. up to and possibly after of the American Revolution. It equaled "one well rounded tablespoon". [14] Masu ...
The History Channel's 'The Food That Built America' is returning to television screens for its sixth season and two Delish editors will be joining the show.
The English term head cheese is a calque derived from the Dutch word hoofdkaas, which literally translates to ' head cheese '. [4] The term hoofdkaas can be divided into hoofd (' head ') originating from the animal heads commonly used to prepare the dish, and kaas (' cheese ') describing the texture, which resembles that of cheese.
Hogshead has borne the brunt of public scrutiny, most recently during a hearing at the General Assembly, where Rep. Brenden Jones, a Republican from Columbus County, called on her to resign after ...