Timeline for Difference between "larder" and "pantry"
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| May 14, 2016 at 11:44 | comment | added | JDF | Larder conjures up an old-fashioned house to me. It's probably due to my reading of a lot of Enid Blyton stories where 'raiding the larder' was exceedingly common. | |
| Dec 26, 2014 at 13:51 | comment | added | Peter Shor | You can see this from the etymology; larder and pantry are both from mediaeval French; lard (bacon) was kept in larders, while pain (bread) was kept in pantries. You need to keep meat cool, while bread stores fine at room temperature. | |
| May 15, 2014 at 11:52 | vote | accept | Honza Zidek | ||
| May 13, 2014 at 10:38 | comment | added | user66974 | That's something from my past readings, let me look for it. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 10:34 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Vats of lard? Do you have a reference for this? Why would anybody do that? | |
| May 13, 2014 at 10:31 | history | answered | user66974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |