A barrel, wooden box, or large pail may be filled with hay or excelsior, and small, covered, granite pails may be used to contain the food.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education
Then pack in more excelsior very tightly around the pail, until level with it.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education
"The excelsior," said Lake.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens