Salt slice
The term salt disc refers to both a salt container in the shape of half a barrel and the measure for the corresponding amount of table salt ready for sale .
The vessel made of wood by cooper was filled with salt and the salt was compacted. The resulting disc led to the naming.
In Hallein the term skid was used. There the vessel was 21 inches high , the diameter at the bottom was 1 shoe and 5 inches, and at the top 1 shoe and 11 inches.
Further measures of salt were derived from the disk . This is how the Zug measure in Regensburg referred to a shipload of salt with 11,000 discs, which corresponded to 16,500 quintals . In Switzerland and Austria one reckoned with Pütsche or Kröttli and in Bavaria with Krötel , each corresponding to a fixed number (3 to 5) discs.
According to a legend from the Wurzach area, married couples are supposed to keep the memory alive by licking a slice of salt every year on their wedding day. The disc, which was licked up to the golden wedding, should turn into a golden one after 50 years.