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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Now that's interesting, I would have thought a larder and pantry were the same thing ? (one of those northern/southern differences).
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
A pantry as I understand it is a room that serves the same purpose as kitchen cabinets. A larder is also a small room but it is not attached to the main heating system and serves exclusively for food storage. You find it in old houses mainly.
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My understanding of the difference between the two is pretty similar to Yvan's - a larder as I know it is a very small room/cupboard, preferably in the coolest part of the house, possibly with net covered vents (to help air flow but not let in flies), used for food storage. I've picked that definition of the word up from living with my nanna as a child - she was from Sunderland, and I know her sisters who remained up that way used it for that too. She used it for all sorts - you couldn't walk into it any more because the spin dryer lived in there when it wasn't in use. The main food use she put it to was storing vegetables, which is why I'd like one. She also had a coal cellar which fascinated and scared me in equal measure. I'm not sure when it was built, but I'm reasonably sure from what I can remember of it that it would have been post war
Weather wise, still and muggy - I have all the windows open upstairs and there's no breeze