Posted by Colin Havard on April 30, 2001 at 19:36:19 from 199.217.240.61:
In Reply to: LARDER or PANTRY posted by Ed Kiser on April 30, 2001 at 05:03:14:
Growing up in the 30s in a pre-war house in Oxford, we had a kitchen, a larder, and a "scullery." The kitchen was a large, well lighted room with a larged scrubbed table in the middle, a number of chairs, cabinets for dry food, an oven, and (after the war) a tiny gas-powered fridge. Next to this room was the "scullery", which was a smaller and darker room which had a sink and was where the dishes were washed and kept. An outside door from it served as the "tradesmen's entrance." Also off this scullery was the larder which was just bigger than a cupboard, had a small window with a bug screen instead of a glass window. All perishables -- meat, milk, butter, etc. were kept in there. The milk was delivered every day so it only went "off" on very hot, humid summer days. I suspect a pantry is just another name for a larder.