Sieder (Boiler)

Like many things in life, they no longer have their original meaning. The name Sieder does have a meaning, even though I was told by a man from Switzerland who knew German that it had no meaning in German.

It turns out to be a trade from the middle ages. Sieders boiled things in pans to get salt out of them. Salt was very valuable to cure meats since there was no refrigeration. They were known as salzsieders. The only current trade that uses the term "sieder" in it is seifensieder, or soap maker. At one time there were zuckersiedermeisters who boiled milk to get sugar out of it as well.